Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Born

20 May 1781 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 July 1834 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite HUS COURNOYER 9 November 1807 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite HUS COURNOYER was born 18 October 1786 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 19 November 1837 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Parents of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Father

Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR

Mother

Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Paternal grandparents

Pierre TESSIER Marie-Catherine VACHER dite LACERTE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER MILLET Marie-Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER married

Marguerite HUS COURNOYER
Marriage date: 9 November 1807
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER

Ignace TESSIER

Born: 13 July 1810, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 20 January 1843, Sorel, Canada East

Married: Marie HUS MILET (MILLET) 5 July 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

Charles TESSIER

Born: abt. 1814, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1854, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Canada East

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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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Birth — 1781
20 May 1781
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER 9 November 1807 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.