Marie-Josephte TESSIER

(b. 22 January 1772 , La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 June 1852 , La-Pérade, Canada East )

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Marie-Josephte TESSIER was born 22 January 1772 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Françoise GRANDBOIS dite GUILBAUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis TESSIER and Madeleine GENDRON (maternal) François-Joseph GUILBAUT/GUIBAUT dit GRANDBOIS and Marguerite BEAUDOIN

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph MORAND 26 February 1827 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada . Joseph MORAND was born 30 December 1762 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Joseph died 7 June 1860 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Joseph was the child of Ignace MORAND and Marie-Josephe TESSIER.

Marie-Josephte TESSIER died 15 June 1852 in La-Pérade, Canada East .

m. Morand Joseph

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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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Joseph MORAND-- Date: 26 February 1827 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Joseph MORAND was the child of Ignace MORAND and Marie-Josephe TESSIER

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1772 Birth
22 January 1772
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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)

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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte TESSIER and Joseph MORAND 26 February 1827, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 55 years old.

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)