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flag female ancestor  Elisabeth  TESSIER

Born
3 November 1792 Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died
Elisabeth  married  Francois GEOFFROY 7 October 1816 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois GEOFFROY  was born 11 September 1795 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .  Francois died 31 December 1866 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Francois was the child of Rémy-Henry GEOFFROY and Marie-Angelique RIVET .

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Elisabeth  married  Francois GEOFFROY 7 October 1816 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois GEOFFROY  was born 11 September 1795 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .  Francois died 31 December 1866 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Francois was the child of Rémy-Henry GEOFFROY and Marie-Angelique RIVET.

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elisabeth TESSIER

Elisabeth TESSIER married flag male ancestor Francois GEOFFROY
Marriage date: 7 October 1816
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Francois GEOFFROY was the child of Rémy-Henry GEOFFROY and Marie-Angelique RIVET



Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois GEOFFROY and Elisabeth TESSIER


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1792
3 November 1792
Berthierville, Lower Canada
marriage1816 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth TESSIER and Francois GEOFFROY 7 October 1816, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

She was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1819 Birth of Child
Genevieve GEOFFROY was born 30 December 1819, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Elisabeth was 27 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Genevieve GEOFFROY married 14 February 1843, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East to Narcisse-Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
DeathDeath — 1865
17 December 1865
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East
She died at the age of 73.
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