Dorothee GIGUERE

(b. 23 January 1740 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1794 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Dorothee GIGUERE was born 23 January 1740 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Dorothee GIGUERE was the child of Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE and Dorothee RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GIGUERE and Angélique MERCIER (maternal) Claude RACINE and Geneviève GAGNON

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

Dorothee married Jean-Baptiste LESSARD 27 September 1762 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was born 15 December 1739 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Jean-Baptiste died 21 September 1833 in Beauceville, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Anne GAGNON.

Dorothee GIGUERE died 20 August 1794 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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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Dorothee GIGUERE married

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD-- Date: 27 September 1762 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Anne GAGNON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Dorothee GIGUERE:

Etienne LESSARD (b.26 June 1776, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte VERPILLON dite DEFOND 7 October 1799 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1740 Birth
23 January 1740
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee GIGUERE and Jean-Baptiste LESSARD 27 September 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 22 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.