Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

(b. 23 March 1734 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1810 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste TESSIER was born 23 March 1734 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER was the child of François-Xavier TESSIER and Françoise GUILBAUT-GRANDBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Edmond TESSIER and Madeleine LANGEVIN (maternal) François GUILBAUT dit GRANDBOIS and Marie-Simone MAILHOT (MAILLOT)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Francoise PHLEM 29 February 1756 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Francoise PHLEM was born 13 November 1735 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Francoise died 26 May 1811 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Francoise was the child of Yves PHLEM dit YVON and Marie LEREAU (L'HERAULT).

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER died 11 September 1810 in Batiscan, 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 TESSIER married

Marie-Francoise PHLEM-- Date: 29 February 1756 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Marie-Francoise PHLEM was the child of Yves PHLEM dit YVON and Marie LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Children of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Francoise PHLEM:

Alexis TESSIER (b.21 May 1764, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 October 1837, Batiscan, Lower Canada )
m. Marie GODON 23 February 1789 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1734 Birth
23 March 1734
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Francoise PHLEM 29 February 1756, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 21 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Alexis TESSIER was born 21 May 1764, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Alexis TESSIER married 23 February 1789, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marie GODON

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

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

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