Ignace SAMSON

(b. 22 April 1740 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 25 April 1827 , Rigaud, Lower Canada )

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Ignace SAMSON was born 22 April 1740 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Ignace SAMSON was the child of Ignace SAMSON and Rosalie (Rose) BOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Madeleine HUBERT (maternal) Paul BOULET (BOULAY) and Marie-Françoise PAQUET

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

Ignace married Marie-Thérèse BLAIS 11 January 1762 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 20 children.
Marie-Thérèse BLAIS was born 2 November 1741 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Thérèse died 4 February 1787 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX.

Ignace married (2) Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE 18 June 1792 in Oka, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE was born 11 June 1760 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre LAMADELEINE and Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY.

Ignace SAMSON died 25 April 1827 in Rigaud, 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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Ignace SAMSON married

Marie-Thérèse BLAIS-- Date: 11 January 1762 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada
Marie-Thérèse BLAIS was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX

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Children of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS:

Ignace SAMSON (b.2 November 1762, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada d. , )

Marie-Rose SAMSON (b.29 December 1763, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 November 1846, St-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada)

Marie-Louise SAMSON (b.28 June 1765, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe SAMSON (b.18 August 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

François SAMSON (b.2 December 1767, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Françoise SAMSON (b.13 January 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Agathe-Amable SAMSON (b.27 May 1771, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Noël-Amable SAMSON (b.7 August 1772, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe SAMSON (b.7 August 1772, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Alexis SAMSON (b.3 December 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre SAMSON (b.9 November 1775, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 May 1860, Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS 29 August 1808 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Françoise SAMSON (b.9 March 1777, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Suzanne SAMSON (b.12 April 1778, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Madeleine SAMSON (b.12 April 1778, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe SAMSON (b.9 July 1779, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Véronique SAMSON (b.15 September 1780, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Thérèse SAMSON (b.14 October 1781, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Rose-Josephte SAMSON (b.7 October 1782, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Marguerite SAMSON (b.9 April 1784, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Rose SAMSON (b.15 August 1786, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Ignace SAMSON married

Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE-- Date: 18 June 1792 Place: Oka, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE was the child of Pierre LAMADELEINE and Marie-Anne-Marguerite GAUDRY

Children of Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE:

Alexis SAMSON (b.4 May 1793, Oka, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephte SAMSON (b.4 April 1795, Oka, Lower Canada d. , )

Antoine SAMSON (b.27 August 1797, Oka, Lower Canada d. , )

Denis SAMSON (b.4 April 1803, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Francois SAMSON (b.10 September 1807, Rigaud, Lower Canada d. , )

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1740 Birth
22 April 1740
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Thérèse BLAIS 11 January 1762 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Ignace SAMSON was born 2 November 1762, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Ignace was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose SAMSON was born 29 December 1763, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Ignace was 23 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise SAMSON was born 28 June 1765, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 25 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe SAMSON was born 18 August 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Ignace was 26 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
François SAMSON was born 2 December 1767, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Ignace was 27 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise SAMSON was born 13 January 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Ignace was 28 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Agathe-Amable SAMSON was born 27 May 1771, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ignace was 31 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe SAMSON was born 7 August 1772, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ignace was 32 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Noël-Amable SAMSON was born 7 August 1772, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ignace was 32 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Alexis SAMSON was born 3 December 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ignace was 34 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Pierre SAMSON was born 9 November 1775, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ignace was 35 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Françoise SAMSON was born 9 March 1777, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 36 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine SAMSON was born 12 April 1778, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 37 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Suzanne SAMSON was born 12 April 1778, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 37 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe SAMSON was born 9 July 1779, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 39 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Véronique SAMSON was born 15 September 1780, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 40 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse SAMSON was born 14 October 1781, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 41 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Josephte SAMSON was born 7 October 1782, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 42 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite SAMSON was born 9 April 1784, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 43 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose SAMSON was born 15 August 1786, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Ignace was 46 years old.

1787 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Thérèse BLAIS died 4 February 1787, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Josephe LAMADELEINE 18 June 1792, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

He was 52 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Alexis SAMSON was born 4 May 1793, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Ignace was 53 years old.

1795 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte SAMSON was born 4 April 1795, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Ignace was 54 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Antoine SAMSON was born 27 August 1797, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Ignace was 57 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Denis SAMSON was born 4 April 1803, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Ignace was 62 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Francois SAMSON was born 10 September 1807, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Ignace was 67 years old.

1808 Marriage of Child
Pierre SAMSON married 29 August 1808, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud) to Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

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 Death
25 April 1827
Rigaud, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 87.