flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  BESSETTE

  (b. 31 December 1784 Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 6 December 1852 Saint-Rémi, Canada East )  

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE was born 31 December 1784 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE   and   Marie-Josette DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE (BESSET) and Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE (maternal)  Etienne-Joseph DUMAS and Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Julie GUERIN 28 July 1806 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie GUERIN  was born 13 May 1784 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Julie died 18 September 1852 in Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle).  Julie was the child of Joseph GUERIN and Marie-Anne TRUDEAU.

Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE died 6 December 1852 in Saint-Rémi, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE married flag female ancestor Julie GUERIN-- Date: 28 July 1806 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Julie GUERIN was the child of Joseph GUERIN and Marie-Anne TRUDEAU




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birth1784 Birth
31 December 1784
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1806 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Julie GUERIN 28 July 1806, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

He was 21 years old.
1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BESSETTE was born 15 December 1812, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1834 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BESSETTE married 21 October 1834, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle) to Charles HEBERT
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1852 Death
6 December 1852
Saint-Rémi, Canada East

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 8/1/2019 2:59:25 PM - Updated: 8/1/2019 3:02:33 PM

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