Jean-François BOURASSA

Born

18 May 1749 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Died

4 January 1808 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-François married Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE abt. 1780 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE was born 1 November 1761 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada. Marie died 6 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ) .

Parents & Family of Jean-François BOURASSA

Parents of Jean-François BOURASSA

Father

Louis BOURASSA

Mother

Marie-Françoise BOUCHER

Grandparents of Jean-François BOURASSA

Paternal grandparents

Jean BOURASSA Françoise METHOT

Maternal grandparents

Ignace BOUCHER Marie-Françoise POUILLOT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-François BOURASSA

Jean-François BOURASSA married

Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE
Marriage date: abt. 1780
Marriage place: , Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

Children of Jean-François BOURASSA and Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE

Francois BOURASSA

Born: 11 December 1786, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 August 1855, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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 — 1749
18 May 1749
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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.

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.