Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

(b. 19 October 1741 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1811 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was born 19 October 1741 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Marie-Louise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine PAQUET (maternal) Pierre GAGNÉ and Marguerite POULIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Claire RANCOURT 13 January 1769 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Claire RANCOURT was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Claire died 1 April 1803 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Claire was the child of Jean-Francois RANCOURT and Marie-Claire JODOIN.

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD died 12 June 1811 in Sainte-Marie, 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-Baptiste LESSARD married

Marie-Claire RANCOURT-- Date: 13 January 1769 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Claire RANCOURT was the child of Jean-Francois RANCOURT and Marie-Claire JODOIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Marie-Claire RANCOURT:

Marguerite LESSARD (b.22 May 1777, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND 3 October 1797 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1741 Birth
19 October 1741
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Marie-Claire RANCOURT 13 January 1769, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marguerite LESSARD was born 22 May 1777, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LESSARD married 3 October 1797, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND

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