Jean-Louis LESAGE

(b. 1 January 1748 , Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1823 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Louis LESAGE was born 1 January 1748 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Jean-Louis LESAGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Josephe GERLAISE (maternal) Guillaume BILLY dit ST-LOUIS and Marie-Madeleine NORMANDIN

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

Jean-Louis married Marie-Anne GRONDIN 19 April 1773 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Anne GRONDIN was born 5 December 1751 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Anne died 1 September 1835 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Geneviève OUELLET.

Jean-Louis LESAGE died 16 March 1823 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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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Jean-Louis LESAGE married

Marie-Anne GRONDIN-- Date: 19 April 1773 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne GRONDIN was the child of Jean GRONDIN and Marie-Geneviève OUELLET

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Children of Jean-Louis LESAGE and Marie-Anne GRONDIN:

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE (b.8 November 1773, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie LESAGE (b.27 February 1775, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 February 1837, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine FAFARD 12 July 1819 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Joseph LESAGE (b.4 March 1779, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 January 1849, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East )

Antoine LESAGE (b.30 December 1780, Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada d. 17 October 1842, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East )
m. Angele-Angelique DEBLOIS dite GERMAIN 27 August 1807 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Pierre LESAGE (b.28 October 1782, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 March 1836, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

Francois LESAGE (b.19 December 1784, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 January 1858, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Canada East)

Magdelene LESAGE (b.2 January 1787, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Josephte LESAGE (b.12 March 1788, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marguerite LESAGE (b.18 March 1791, Louiseville, Lower Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE (b.25 August 1792, Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 2 January 1868, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada)
m. Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE 19 May 1817 in Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne)

Louis LESAGE (b.8 July 1794, Louiseville, Lower Canada d. , )

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1748 Birth
1 January 1748
Louiseville, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis LESAGE and Marie-Anne GRONDIN 19 April 1773, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 25 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was born 8 November 1773, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 25 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie LESAGE was born 27 February 1775, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 27 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 Birth of Child
Joseph LESAGE was born 4 March 1779, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Jean-Louis was 31 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Antoine LESAGE was born 30 December 1780, Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Louis was 33 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Pierre LESAGE was born 28 October 1782, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 34 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Francois LESAGE was born 19 December 1784, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 36 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Magdelene LESAGE was born 2 January 1787, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 39 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Josephte LESAGE was born 12 March 1788, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Louis was 40 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marguerite LESAGE was born 18 March 1791, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 43 years old.

1792 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was born 25 August 1792, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 44 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Louis LESAGE was born 8 July 1794, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Louis was 46 years old.

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Antoine LESAGE married 27 August 1807, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Angele-Angelique DEBLOIS dite GERMAIN

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE married 19 May 1817, Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne) to Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Marie LESAGE married 12 July 1819, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Antoine FAFARD

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death