Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

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abt. 1751 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

18 February 1835 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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Augustin LESSARD Louise JULIEN

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Born: abt. 1751 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Augustin LESSARD

Mother: Louise JULIEN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LESSARD , Marie-Madeleine PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: Jean JULIEN , Louise TRUDEL

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Jean-Baptiste married Scholastique CLOUTIER 15 February 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique CLOUTIER was born 5 March 1757 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Scholastique died 18 October 1795 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Scholastique was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Felicite-Claire VACHON.

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD died 18 February 1835 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD married

Scholastique CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 15 February 1779
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Scholastique CLOUTIER was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Felicite-Claire VACHON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Scholastique CLOUTIER

François LESSARD

Born: 5 June 1795, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Died: 15 July 1871, St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada

Married: Marie BOULET (BOULAY) 7 January 1817 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 31 July 1849 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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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.