Jacques ROUSSIN

(b. 3 May 1752 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1818 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Jacques ROUSSIN was born 3 May 1752 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Jacques ROUSSIN was the child of Pierre ROUSSIN and Marie-Veronique FOUGERE (FUGERE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROUSSIN and Madeleine GUYON (maternal) Pierre FOUGERE (FUGERE) and Madeleine VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL)

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

Jacques married Marie-Madeleine TESSIER 6 February 1775 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine TESSIER was born 26 February 1754 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine died 9 February 1823 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC).

Jacques ROUSSIN died 12 April 1818 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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Jacques ROUSSIN married

Marie-Madeleine TESSIER-- Date: 6 February 1775 Place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine TESSIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

Children of Jacques ROUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine TESSIER:

Madeleine ROUSSIN (b.6 April 1776, Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Gabriel BELANGER 19 August 1800 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1752 Birth
3 May 1752
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine TESSIER 6 February 1775, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 22 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Madeleine ROUSSIN was born 6 April 1776, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jacques was 23 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)

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Madeleine ROUSSIN married 19 August 1800, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Gabriel BELANGER

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