Scholastique LESSARD

(b. 12 July 1732 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 13 January 1814 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Scholastique LESSARD was born 12 July 1732 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Scholastique LESSARD was the child of François-Malo LESSARD and Angélique RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB (maternal) Étienne RACINE and Catherine GUYON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Scholastique married Louis GAGNÉ 24 October 1758 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis GAGNÉ was born 7 December 1733 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Louis died 8 December 1827 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Joseph GAGNÉ and Elisabeth BOLDUC.

Scholastique LESSARD died 13 January 1814 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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Scholastique LESSARD married

Louis GAGNÉ-- Date: 24 October 1758 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France
Louis GAGNÉ was the child of Joseph GAGNÉ and Elisabeth BOLDUC

Children of Louis GAGNÉ and Scholastique LESSARD:

Joseph GAGNÉ (b.8 July 1761, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise HUARD 26 September 1796 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Helene GAGNE (b.9 June 1776, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1859, Beauceville, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste POULIN 18 November 1794 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1732 Birth
12 July 1732
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Scholastique LESSARD and Louis GAGNÉ 24 October 1758 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNÉ was born 8 July 1761, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Scholastique was 29 years old.

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.