Josephte TESSIER

(b. 25 October 1732 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1800 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Josephte TESSIER was born 25 October 1732 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Josephte TESSIER was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Marie-Catherine VERMET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques VERMET dit LAFORME and Jeanne-Angelique DUPIL (DUPILLE)

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Josephte married François LAMOTHE 10 January 1752 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François LAMOTHE was born 1 July 1731 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François died 3 May 1813 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Françoise GLINEL (DELINEL).

Josephte TESSIER died 2 February 1800 in Cap-Santé, 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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Josephte TESSIER married

François LAMOTHE-- Date: 10 January 1752 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
François LAMOTHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Françoise GLINEL (DELINEL)

Children of François LAMOTHE and Josephte TESSIER:

Josephte LAMOTHE (b.19 May 1754, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1825, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph FRENET (FRENETTE) 22 July 1776 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1732 Birth
25 October 1732
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Josephte TESSIER and François LAMOTHE 10 January 1752, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Josephte LAMOTHE was born 19 May 1754, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Josephte 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.

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.