Jacques TESSIER

(b. 28 December 1740 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1812 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Jacques TESSIER was born 28 December 1740 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques TESSIER was the child of Jacques TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Louise MONET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Elisabeth RENAUD (maternal) Nicolas MONET dit BOISMENU and Jeanne VIAU

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

Jacques married Marguerite SURETTE 20 January 1766 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite SURETTE was born abt. 1746 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died 27 April 1835 in St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph SURETTE and Marguerite THÉRIAULT.

Jacques TESSIER died 19 May 1812 in Châteauguay, 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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Jacques TESSIER married

Marguerite SURETTE-- Date: 20 January 1766 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite SURETTE was the child of Joseph SURETTE and Marguerite THÉRIAULT

Children of Jacques TESSIER and Marguerite SURETTE:

Ignace TESSIER (b.24 February 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 November 1828, St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Anne LEDUC 16 February 1795 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
28 December 1740
La Prairie, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jacques TESSIER and Marguerite SURETTE 20 January 1766, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 25 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Ignace TESSIER was born 24 February 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jacques was 30 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.