François LESSARD

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5 June 1795 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

15 July 1871 , St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD Scholastique CLOUTIER

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Born: 5 June 1795 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

Mother: Scholastique CLOUTIER

Paternal grandparents: Augustin LESSARD , Louise JULIEN

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie CLOUTIER , Felicite-Claire VACHON

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François married Marie BOULET (BOULAY) 7 January 1817 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOULET (BOULAY) was born abt. 1780 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 5 March 1849 in St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre BOULET (BOULAY) and Marie-Louise BUREAU dite SANSOUCY.

François married (2) Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 31 July 1849 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 5 December 1821 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Geneviève GIROUX.

François LESSARD died 15 July 1871 in St-Victor-de-Tring, 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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Marie BOULET (BOULAY)
Marriage date: 7 January 1817
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Marie BOULET (BOULAY) was the child of Pierre BOULET (BOULAY) and Marie-Louise BUREAU dite SANSOUCY

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François LESSARD

Born: 27 September 1817, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adelaide MORIN 26 October 1879

François LESSARD married

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 31 July 1849
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was the child of Louis GAGNÉ and Geneviève GIROUX

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Birth — 1795
5 June 1795
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
François LESSARD and Marie BOULET (BOULAY) 7 January 1817 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1817 Birth of Child
François LESSARD was born 27 September 1817, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

François was 22 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage / Partner
François LESSARD and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 31 July 1849 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 54 years old.

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BOULET (BOULAY) died 5 March 1849, St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.