Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD

(b. 11 September 1727 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1808 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD was born 11 September 1727 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD was the child of François-Malo LESSARD and Angélique RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB (maternal) Étienne RACINE and Catherine GUYON

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Geneviève-Victoire married Etienne VACHON 20 June 1750 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Etienne VACHON was born 30 August 1722 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Etienne died 27 January 1789 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Etienne was the child of Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER.

Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD died 28 December 1808 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .
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Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD married

Etienne VACHON-- Date: 20 June 1750 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Etienne VACHON was the child of Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER

Children of Etienne VACHON and Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD:

Etienne VACHON (b.25 August 1753, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1830, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Angélique MARCOUX 13 February 1775 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1727 Birth
11 September 1727
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1750 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève-Victoire LESSARD and Etienne VACHON 20 June 1750, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 22 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Etienne VACHON was born 25 August 1753, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Geneviève-Victoire was 25 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 Marriage of Child
Etienne VACHON married 13 February 1775, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Angélique MARCOUX

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.