Jean-François BOURASSA

(b. 18 May 1749 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1808 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François BOURASSA was born 18 May 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Jean-François BOURASSA was the child of Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOURASSA and Françoise METHOT (maternal) Ignace BOUCHER and Marie-Françoise POUILLOT

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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, Québec, Canada. Marie died 6 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ).

Jean-François BOURASSA died 4 January 1808 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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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Jean-François BOURASSA married

Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE-- Date: abt. 1780 Place: , Canada
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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 (b.11 December 1786, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 August 1855, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)

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1749 Birth
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.