Jacques BROSSEAU

(b. 22 June 1737 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1808 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jacques BROSSEAU was born 22 June 1737 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques BROSSEAU was the child of François BROSSEAU and Marie-Josephte-Suzanne LEBER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Hebert BROSSEAU (BROUSSEAU) and Barbe BOURBON (maternal) François LEBER and Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Josephte LEFEBVRE 4 August 1766 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LEFEBVRE was born 31 May 1744 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Josephte died 17 June 1816 Josephte was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite MOQUIN.

Jacques BROSSEAU died 23 April 1808 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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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.

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Jacques BROSSEAU married

Josephte LEFEBVRE-- Date: 4 August 1766 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LEFEBVRE was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite MOQUIN

Children of Jacques BROSSEAU and Josephte LEFEBVRE:

Catherine BROSSEAU (b.abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 July 1808, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques DEMERS 25 October 1802 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1737 Birth
22 June 1737
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BROSSEAU and Josephte LEFEBVRE 4 August 1766, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 29 years old.

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.

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Catherine BROSSEAU married 25 October 1802, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jacques DEMERS