Catherine TESSIER

(b. 10 June 1714 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1772 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Catherine TESSIER was born 10 June 1714 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Catherine TESSIER was the child of Jacques TESSIER and Marie ADHEMAR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Antoine ADHEMAR dit ST-MARTIN and Geneviève SAGEOT

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Catherine married François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE 16 November 1733 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE was born 19 January 1709 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). François-Sylvestre died 13 February 1766 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. François-Sylvestre was the child of François FRETE dit LAMOTHE and Marguerite POITHIER (POITIERS).

Catherine TESSIER died 9 February 1772 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Catherine TESSIER married

François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE-- Date: 16 November 1733 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE was the child of François FRETE dit LAMOTHE and Marguerite POITHIER (POITIERS)

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Children of François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE and Catherine TESSIER:

Madeleine FRETE (b.1 February 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1809, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN 16 January 1769 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1714 Birth
10 June 1714
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Catherine TESSIER and François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE 16 November 1733 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 19 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Madeleine FRETE was born 1 February 1739, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 24 years old.

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.