Ignace TESSIER

(b. 24 February 1771 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 November 1828 , St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada )

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Ignace TESSIER was born 24 February 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Ignace TESSIER was the child of Jacques TESSIER and Marguerite SURETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Louise MONET (maternal) Joseph SURETTE and Marguerite THÉRIAULT

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

Ignace married Marie-Anne LEDUC 16 February 1795 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEDUC was born 6 July 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Anne died 17 March 1849 in St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Antoine LEDUC and Josephe DIEL.

Ignace TESSIER died 2 November 1828 in St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, 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 TESSIER married

Marie-Anne LEDUC-- Date: 16 February 1795 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne LEDUC was the child of Antoine LEDUC and Josephe DIEL

Children of Ignace TESSIER and Marie-Anne LEDUC:

Antoine TESSIER (b.29 October 1800, Châteauguay, Lower Canada d. 8 May 1873, St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Anne BRANCHARD 8 January 1822

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1771 Birth
24 February 1771
Lachine, Montréal, 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)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Ignace TESSIER and Marie-Anne LEDUC 16 February 1795, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Antoine TESSIER was born 29 October 1800, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Ignace was 29 years old.

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