Joseph TESSIER

(b. 25 May 1767 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 February 1842 , Saint-David, Canada East )

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Joseph TESSIER was born 25 May 1767 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph TESSIER was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Marguerite GÉLINAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TESSIER and Marie-Catherine VACHER dite LACERTE (maternal) Étienne GÉLINAS and Josephte CREVIER dite BELLERIVE

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

Joseph married Marie-Madeleine LANDRY 4 June 1787 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine LANDRY was born September 1768 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Madeleine died 3 August 1859 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Charles LANDRY and Marie HEBERT.

Joseph TESSIER died 15 February 1842 in Saint-David, Canada East .

m. June 4,1787 • Ste.Anne de Yamachiche,Trois Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Marie Madeleine Landry (1768–)

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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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Joseph TESSIER married

Marie-Madeleine LANDRY-- Date: 4 June 1787 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine LANDRY was the child of Charles LANDRY and Marie HEBERT

Children of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine LANDRY:

Louis TESSIER (b.abt. 1807, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 May 1879, Saint-David, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie VIENS 29 September 1828 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1767 Birth
25 May 1767
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine LANDRY 4 June 1787, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England