Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX)

(b. 15 July 1740 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 28 June 1817 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) was born 15 July 1740 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) was the child of François DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Elisabeth BERTRAND dite ST-ARNAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Marie BOUART (maternal) Paul-Jean BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Gabrielle BARIBEAU

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

Joachim-Francois married Angelique MASSICOTTE 28 January 1765 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angelique MASSICOTTE was born 2 March 1740 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Angelique was the child of François MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and Angélique-Marie BELAND.

Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) died 28 June 1817 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .

m. Massicotte Angelique

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) married

Angelique MASSICOTTE-- Date: 28 January 1765 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique MASSICOTTE was the child of François MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and Angélique-Marie BELAND

Children of Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Angelique MASSICOTTE:

Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 August 1835, Batiscan, Lower Canada )

Francois-Joachim DESSUREAU (b.abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1860, Batiscan, Canada East )

Marguerite DESSUREAU (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Madeleine DESSUREAU (b.7 April 1784, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 October 1863, Deschambault, Canada East )

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1740 Birth
15 July 1740
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joachim-Francois DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Angelique MASSICOTTE 28 January 1765 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 24 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Madeleine DESSUREAU was born 7 April 1784, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Joachim-Francois was 43 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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