Mathurin BRISSON

(b. 4 October 1723 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1801 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Mathurin BRISSON was born 4 October 1723 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Mathurin BRISSON was the child of Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Marguerite LARIVIERE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Anne MOUSSEAU

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Mathurin married Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME 26 October 1753 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME was born 4 July 1724 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Josephte died 2 January 1800 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Christophe JANSON dit LAPALME and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE.

Mathurin BRISSON died 7 February 1801 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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
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Mathurin BRISSON married

Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME-- Date: 26 October 1753 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME was the child of Christophe JANSON dit LAPALME and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Children of Mathurin BRISSON and Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME:

Joseph BRISSON (b.4 September 1754, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 30 November 1815, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Barbe RIOPEL 26 September 1780 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Christophe BRISSON (b.30 January 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )

Louis BRISSON dit LAROCHE (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1788, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Province of Québec, Canada)

Marie-Josephte BRISSON (b.2 February 1761, L'Assomption, Canada d. 18 September 1816, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph VEZINA 27 February 1786 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Mathurin BRISSON (b.27 March 1762, L'Assomption, Canada d. 22 July 1773, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Josephte BRISSON (b.29 August 1766, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1723 Birth
4 October 1723
Repentigny, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin BRISSON and Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME 26 October 1753, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 30 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph BRISSON was born 4 September 1754, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 30 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Christophe BRISSON was born 30 January 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 32 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BRISSON was born 2 February 1761, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 37 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Mathurin BRISSON was born 27 March 1762, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 38 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BRISSON was born 29 August 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 42 years old.

1773 Death of Child
Mathurin BRISSON died 22 July 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Mathurin was 49 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Joseph BRISSON married 26 September 1780 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Barbe RIOPEL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte BRISSON married 27 February 1786, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Joseph VEZINA

1788 Death of Child
Louis BRISSON dit LAROCHE died 1 April 1788, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Mathurin was 64 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)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME died 2 January 1800, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

1810 Death
7 February 1801
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 77.

Added: 2/2/2018 10:20:20 AM - Updated: 2/7/2019 1:09:30 PM