Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET)

(b. 20 April 1721 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1801 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) was born 20 April 1721 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) was the child of François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Marie-Claude DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEUR (maternal) Antoine DUBOIS and Marie-Marthe MORAL

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Charlotte married Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER 4 November 1743 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER was born 14 June 1720 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jean-Baptiste died 4 June 1799 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Anne PERRIER dite OLIVIER.

Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) died 6 May 1801 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET)

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Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) married

Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER-- Date: 4 November 1743 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER was the child of Jean VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Anne PERRIER dite OLIVIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET):

Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER (b.15 April 1750, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 10 March 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie PAQUET 7 November 1768 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1721 Birth
20 April 1721
Chambly, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) and Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER 4 November 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER was born 15 April 1750, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Charlotte was 29 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER married 7 November 1768, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Joseph-Marie PAQUET

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.