Marie-Josephe TESSIER

(b. 7 June 1732 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1814 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe TESSIER was born 7 June 1732 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe TESSIER was the child of Rene TESSIER and Marguerite SAUVAGEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Edmond TESSIER and Madeleine LANGEVIN (maternal) Alexis SAUVAGEAU and Marguerite MARTIN dite MASSE

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

Marie-Josephe married Ignace MORAND 6 April 1752 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ignace MORAND was born 7 January 1715 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Ignace died 16 December 1801 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Ignace was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOIS.

Marie-Josephe TESSIER died 31 July 1814 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Marie-Josephe TESSIER married

Ignace MORAND-- Date: 6 April 1752 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Ignace MORAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOIS

Children of Ignace MORAND and Marie-Josephe TESSIER:

Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD (b.1 February 1753, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1837, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique-Genevieve LEBOEUF 13 January 1777 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph MORAND (b.30 December 1762, La-Pérade, Canada d. 7 June 1860, La-Pérade, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte TESSIER 26 February 1827 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1732 Birth
7 June 1732
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe TESSIER and Ignace MORAND 6 April 1752, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 19 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD was born 1 February 1753, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Josephe was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph MORAND was born 30 December 1762, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Josephe was 30 years old.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD married 13 January 1777, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Angelique-Genevieve LEBOEUF

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)

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