Marie-Josephte BRISSON

(b. 2 February 1761 , L'Assomption, Canada d. 18 September 1816 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte BRISSON was born 2 February 1761 in L'Assomption, Canada

Marie-Josephte BRISSON was the child of Mathurin BRISSON and Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Marguerite LARIVIERE (maternal) Christophe JANSON dit LAPALME and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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

Marie-Josephte married Joseph VEZINA 27 February 1786 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph VEZINA was born 27 August 1753 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Joseph died 10 January 1833 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis VEZINA and Marie-Marguerite GRENIER.

Marie-Josephte BRISSON died 18 September 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.

m. Vezina 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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Marie-Josephte BRISSON married

Joseph VEZINA-- Date: 27 February 1786 Place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph VEZINA was the child of Louis VEZINA and Marie-Marguerite GRENIER

Children of Joseph VEZINA and Marie-Josephte BRISSON:

Marie-Josephte VEZINA (b.9 June 1798, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre-Alexis ETHIER 30 January 1815 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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1761 Birth
2 February 1761
L'Assomption, Canada

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.

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BRISSON and Joseph VEZINA 27 February 1786, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

She was 25 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte VEZINA was born 9 June 1798, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 37 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte VEZINA married 30 January 1815, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Alexis ETHIER