Michel CHIASSON

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abt. 1676 , Acadia, Canada

Died

19 March 1759 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE Jeanne BERNARD

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Born: abt. 1676 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE

Mother: Jeanne BERNARD

Maternal grandparents: Andre (Rene) BERNARD , Marie-Andree GUYON

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Michel married Marguerite MORIER 30 June 1706 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite MORIER was born 4 August 1687 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marguerite died 15 March 1775 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marguerite was the child of Jean MORIER and Marie MINEAU.

Michel CHIASSON died 19 March 1759 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France .
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Marguerite MORIER
Marriage date: 30 June 1706
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite MORIER was the child of Jean MORIER and Marie MINEAU

Children of Michel CHIASSON and Marguerite MORIER

Marie-Josephe CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1710, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 November 1742, Montmagny, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques-Martin BOULET (BOULAY) 20 February 1730 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Helene CHIASSON

Born: 23 December 1711, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Henri LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) 1736 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marguerite CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1715, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 June 1799, Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques Christophe MOYEN 31 December 1737 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1716, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 October 1797, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 25 October 1745 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Joseph CHIASSON (GIASSON)

Born: abt. 1724, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 December 1801, L'Islet, Lower Canada

Married: Geneviève GENDREAU 22 January 1748 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Youngest son Michel, born probably at Chigecto in c1676, also moved to Canada after he came of age and married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Mourier, at St.-Jean, Île d'Orléans, below Québec City, in 1706. They had 10 children, including five sons, two of whom married into the Quemeneur dit LaFlamme and Gendron families. Four of their daughters married into Boulet, Gaudreau, Louineau, and Moyen families. Michel died at St.-François-du-Sud, now Montmagny, on the river below Québec City, in March 1759, in his mid-80s.
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage / Partner
Michel CHIASSON and Marguerite MORIER 30 June 1706, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

1711 Birth of Child
Helene CHIASSON was born 23 December 1711, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe CHIASSON married 20 February 1730 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Jacques-Martin BOULET (BOULAY)

1737 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CHIASSON married 31 December 1737, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jacques Christophe MOYEN

1742 Death of Child
Marie-Josephe CHIASSON died 5 November 1742, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1745 Marriage of Child
Louis CHIASSON married 25 October 1745, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Marie-Geneviève QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

1748 Marriage of Child
Joseph CHIASSON (GIASSON) married 22 January 1748, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Geneviève GENDREAU

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

Death — 1759
19 March 1759
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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