Augustin LESSARD

(b. 22 April 1724 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 19 March 1787 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Augustin LESSARD was born 22 April 1724 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Augustin LESSARD was the child of Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine PAQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne LESSARD (LESSART) and Marguerite SEVESTRE (maternal) Isaac-Etienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) dit LAVALLEE and Elisabeth MEUNIER

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Augustin married Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS 17 April 1747 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS was born 30 November 1719 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude was the child of Andre PARADIS and Marguerite MENARD.

Augustin married (2) Louise JULIEN 30 July 1749 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise JULIEN was born 19 January 1718 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Louise died 2 June 1796 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Jean JULIEN and Louise TRUDEL.

Augustin LESSARD died 19 March 1787 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, 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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Augustin LESSARD married

Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS-- Date: 17 April 1747 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS was the child of Andre PARADIS and Marguerite MENARD

Children of Augustin LESSARD and Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS:

Genevieve LESSARD (b.13 February 1748, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1800, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Charles LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE 3 February 1777 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Augustin LESSARD married

Louise JULIEN-- Date: 30 July 1749 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Louise JULIEN was the child of Jean JULIEN and Louise TRUDEL

Children of Augustin LESSARD and Louise JULIEN:

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD (b.abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 February 1835, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Scholastique CLOUTIER 15 February 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
22 April 1724
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Augustin LESSARD and Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS 17 April 1747, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 23 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Genevieve LESSARD was born 13 February 1748, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 23 years old.

1749 Marriage / Partner
Augustin LESSARD and Louise JULIEN 30 July 1749, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.

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.