Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE

(b. 21 March 1727 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE was born 21 March 1727 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE was the child of Jean BUSSIERE and Françoise DUPIL (DUPILLE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BUSSIERE and Ursule RONDEAU (maternal) Remi DUPIL (DUPILLE) and Anne LAGÜE (LAGOUE)

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

Marie-Veronique married Jacques ROUSSEAU 16 November 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 21 August 1716 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jacques died 29 April 1771 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD.

Marie-Veronique married (2) Pierre GAUVIN 11 October 1773 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre GAUVIN was born 17 October 1708 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Pierre died 19 May 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre was the child of Pierre GAUVIN and Marie-Anne FISET.

Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE died 9 April 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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-Veronique BUSSIERE married

Jacques ROUSSEAU-- Date: 16 November 1744 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Jacques ROUSSEAU was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

Children of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE:

Jacques ROUSSEAU (b.11 December 1745, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1828, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Ann NIEL 7 September 1767 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Antoine ROUSSEAU (b.26 April 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1816, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève ROULEAU 31 July 1780 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Laurent ROUSSEAU (b.21 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 December 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie SIMARD 26 April 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU (b.28 October 1769, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 February 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne TREMBLAY 21 November 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE married

Pierre GAUVIN-- Date: 11 October 1773 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre GAUVIN was the child of Pierre GAUVIN and Marie-Anne FISET

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1727 Birth
21 March 1727
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE and Jacques ROUSSEAU 16 November 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 11 December 1745, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Veronique was 18 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 26 April 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Veronique was 25 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Laurent ROUSSEAU was born 21 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Veronique was 37 years old.

1767 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROUSSEAU married 7 September 1767, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Ann NIEL

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU was born 28 October 1769, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Veronique was 42 years old.

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques ROUSSEAU died 29 April 1771, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE and Pierre GAUVIN 11 October 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 46 years old.

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.

1779 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre GAUVIN died 19 May 1779, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1780 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU married 31 July 1780, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Geneviève ROULEAU

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU married 21 November 1785, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Etienne TREMBLAY

1790 Marriage of Child
Laurent ROUSSEAU married 26 April 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie SIMARD

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

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

1798 Death
9 April 1798
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 71.

Added: 3/16/2020 2:02:17 PM - Updated: 1/22/2025 12:25:55 PM