Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Born

16 March 1723 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

19 June 1791 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

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Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE Marguerite LUSSIER

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Born: 16 March 1723 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Father: Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

Mother: Marguerite LUSSIER

Paternal grandparents: Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE , Marie ARCHAMBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LUSSIER , Catherine CLERICE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT 8 January 1748 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT was born 24 April 1728 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Thérèse died 28 July 1756 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Guillaume FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Marie-Anne RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE).

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE 22 August 1762 in Terrebonne, Canada . Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE was born 6 April 1723 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Jeanne died 25 October 1785 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Jeanne was the child of Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE.

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER died 19 June 1791 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada .

m. Marie Therese Foucault, 8 January 1748, Repentigny, QUebec

m. Jeanne Guerin Laneuville, 22 August 1762, Terrebonne, Quebec

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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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Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT
Marriage date: 8 January 1748
Marriage place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT was the child of Guillaume FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Marie-Anne RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT

Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Born: 18 September 1750, Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 7 May 1809, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre LECLERC 15 September 1800 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Helene TESSIER

Born: 31 October 1751, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1821, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE 14 February 1774 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Noel TESSIER

Born: 25 December 1752, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Charles ETHIER 17 January 1791 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER married

Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE
Marriage date: 22 August 1762
Marriage place: Terrebonne, Canada
Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE was the child of Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE

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Birth — 1723
16 March 1723
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT 8 January 1748, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 24 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 18 September 1750, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Helene TESSIER was born 31 October 1751, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Noel TESSIER was born 25 December 1752, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT died 28 July 1756, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE 22 August 1762, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 39 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Helene TESSIER married 14 February 1774, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE

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)

1785 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE died 25 October 1785, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Death — 1791
19 June 1791
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 68.

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