Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

(b. 16 February 1735 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1783 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 16 February 1735 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was the child of Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Charlotte DAVENNE (maternal) René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD

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

Louis married Marie-Dorothee SIMARD 19 November 1753 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Dorothee SIMARD was born abt. 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Dorothee died 1 December 1805 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Dorothee was the child of Paul SIMARD and Geneviève GAGNON.

Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) died 25 May 1783 in La Prairie, 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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Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) married

Marie-Dorothee SIMARD-- Date: 19 November 1753 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Dorothee SIMARD was the child of Paul SIMARD and Geneviève GAGNON

According to PRDH, a marriage took place in Petite-Riviere-St-Francois in 1753 between Louis Bissonnette and Dorothee Simard

Children of Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Dorothee SIMARD:

Marie-Josephe-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (b.26 October 1754 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. François-Marie ST-YVES 11 February 1771 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis-Agpit BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (b.11 February 1759 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Reine DUBUC 14 October 1788 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (b.abt. 1762, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 February 1809, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. François GIROUX 2 October 1786 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (b.13 May 1769, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 August 1854, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )
m. Andre DUQUET 5 September 1791 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1735 Birth
16 February 1735
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) - 1735 Baptism Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada

1735 Baptism Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) - Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusquà nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay Publisher E. Senécal, 1886 O

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay
Publisher E. Senécal, 1886
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 20, 2007
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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Dorothee SIMARD 19 November 1753, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 18 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 26 October 1754 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 19 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Louis-Agpit BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 11 February 1759 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 24 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 13 May 1769, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis was 34 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) married 11 February 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to François-Marie ST-YVES

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.