Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU

(b. 28 January 1723 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1797 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 28 January 1723 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU was the child of Michel ROUSSEAU and Marie-Madeleine COCHU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) (maternal) Jacques COCHU and Marie MORIN

Louis-Jacques had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Louis-Jacques married Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE 14 October 1745 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE was born 18 January 1731 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Françoise died 11 April 1763 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Françoise was the child of François MARION and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER.

Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU died 28 December 1797 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE-- Date: 14 October 1745 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE was the child of François MARION and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER

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1723 Birth
28 January 1723
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Jacques ROUSSEAU and Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE 14 October 1745, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise MARION dite FONTAINE died 11 April 1763, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Revolutionary War
ROUSSAU,Louis Jacques. St-Nico1as—de-Levy. Commissioned Capt. of militia by Benedict Arnold, 27 March 1776 (BTW).
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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.