flag male ancestor  Ignace  TESSIER

  (b. 30 May 1785 Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 25 October 1862 Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East )  

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Ignace TESSIER was born 30 May 1785 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Ignace TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR   and   Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre TESSIER and Marie-Catherine VACHER dite LACERTE (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER MILLET and Marie-Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Ignace  married  Antoinette PELOQUIN 1 March 1813 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Antoinette PELOQUIN  was born 14 March 1793 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Antoinette was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marguerite DELBEC dite JOLY.

Ignace TESSIER died 25 October 1862 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East.
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Ignace TESSIER

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Ignace TESSIER married flag female ancestor Antoinette PELOQUIN-- Date: 1 March 1813 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Antoinette PELOQUIN was the child of Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marguerite DELBEC dite JOLY




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Children of Ignace TESSIER and Antoinette PELOQUIN:

flag male ancestor Joseph TESSIER (b.2 November 1814, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 11 September 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada )

flag male ancestor François TESSIER (b.20 October 1816, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Catherine TESSIER (b.29 October 1818, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor Olivier TESSIER (b.15 June 1822, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 16 February 1899, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

flag male ancestor Felix TESSIER (b.15 June 1822, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 11 December 1888, Gatineau, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Gilbert TESSIER (b.7 October 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 15 October 1892, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

flag female ancestor Brigitte TESSIER (b.29 September 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 4 April 1904, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

flag male ancestor Pierre TESSIER (b.27 June 1829, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 15 March 1908, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

flag female ancestor Lucie TESSIER (b.20 October 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Marie-Seraphine TESSIER (b.4 March 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag baby boy ancestor Joseph TESSIER (b.21 January 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 2 May 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada )



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birth1785 Birth
30 May 1785
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1813 Marriage / Partner
Ignace TESSIER and Antoinette PELOQUIN 1 March 1813, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.
1814 Birth of Child
Joseph TESSIER was born 2 November 1814, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 29 years old.
1816 Birth of Child
François TESSIER was born 20 October 1816, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 31 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1818 Birth of Child
Catherine TESSIER was born 29 October 1818, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 33 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1822 Birth of Child
Felix TESSIER was born 15 June 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 37 years old.
1822 Birth of Child
Olivier TESSIER was born 15 June 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 37 years old.
1824 Birth of Child
Gilbert TESSIER was born 7 October 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 39 years old.
1826 Birth of Child
Brigitte TESSIER was born 29 September 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 41 years old.
1829 Birth of Child
Pierre TESSIER was born 27 June 1829, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 44 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1831 Birth of Child
Lucie TESSIER was born 20 October 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 46 years old.
1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Seraphine TESSIER was born 4 March 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 48 years old.
1834 Death of Child
Joseph TESSIER died 11 September 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 49 years old.
1837 Birth of Child
Joseph TESSIER was born 21 January 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ignace was 51 years old.
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)
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.
death1862 Death
25 October 1862
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East

He died at the age of 77.
Added: - Updated: 5/25/2016 9:07:13 AM

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