Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU

(b. 20 August 1721 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 September 1796 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU was born 20 August 1721 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU was the child of Jean-Noel COUSINEAU and Marie-Louise DIONET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean COUSINEAU and Jeanne BÉNARD (maternal) Jean DIONET and Madeleine ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE

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Jacques-Marie married Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG 7 January 1744 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG was born 31 July 1722 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Josephe died 20 November 1760 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Josephe was the child of Michel BRUNET dit LÉTANG and Anne-Élizabeth-Marie EMEREAU dite BÉLAIR.

Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU died 7 September 1796 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada.

NOTE: Alternate death 11 September 1804, Monroe, Michigan, USA

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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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Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU married

Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG-- Date: 7 January 1744 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG was the child of Michel BRUNET dit LÉTANG and Anne-Élizabeth-Marie EMEREAU dite BÉLAIR

Children of Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU and Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG:

Louis Basile COUSINEAU (b.17 March 1747, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1804, St Antoine, Michigan Territory)
m. Marie-Françoise DAVIGNON 10 January 1780

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1721 Birth
20 August 1721
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jacques-Marie COUSINEAU and Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG 7 January 1744, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 22 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Louis Basile COUSINEAU was born 17 March 1747, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jacques-Marie was 25 years old.

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe BRUNET dite LETANG died 20 November 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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.