Ignace TESSIER

(b. 29 September 1706 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 18 January 1764 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Ignace TESSIER was born 29 September 1706 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Ignace TESSIER was the child of Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Jacques LUSSIER and Catherine CLERICE

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

Ignace married Geneviève FORCIER 7 January 1732 in Yamaska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Geneviève FORCIER was born 19 November 1717 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL.

Ignace TESSIER died 18 January 1764 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, 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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Ignace TESSIER married

Geneviève FORCIER-- Date: 7 January 1732 Place: Yamaska, Canada, New France
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Geneviève FORCIER was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL

Children of Ignace TESSIER and Geneviève FORCIER:

Pierre TESSIER (b.10 August 1734, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Agathe LANGLOIS 11 January 1762 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève TESSIER (b.31 August 1738, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1760, Berthierville, Canada )

Marie-Marguerite TESSIER (b.20 August 1740, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1797, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. François CONTRE dit SANSOUCY 14 October 1760 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Agathe-Barbe TESSIER (b.22 July 1744, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1817, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. François NOEL dit MIDELET 5 March 1764 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)
m. Augustin GODIN 6 June 1791 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Antoine TESSIER dit LAVIGNE (b.31 May 1746, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Anne MONET 27 April 1778 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Ignace TESSIER (b.24 February 1750, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie Geneviève CHARPENTIER dite BELLEGARDE 30 January 1775 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)
m. Marie ROQUE dite COUILLAUD 10 May 1801 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Toussaint TESSIER (b.1 November 1752, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1812, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Veronique PIGEON 2 August 1779 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Veronique TESSIER (b.29 October 1754, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph COLLIN dit LALIBERTÉ 13 January 1772 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1706 Birth
29 September 1706
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Ignace TESSIER and Geneviève FORCIER 7 January 1732 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 25 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Pierre TESSIER was born 10 August 1734, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace was 27 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Geneviève TESSIER was born 31 August 1738, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace was 31 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite TESSIER was born 20 August 1740, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 33 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Agathe-Barbe TESSIER was born 22 July 1744, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace was 37 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Antoine TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 31 May 1746, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace was 39 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Ignace TESSIER was born 24 February 1750, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace was 43 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Toussaint TESSIER was born 1 November 1752, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Ignace was 46 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Veronique TESSIER was born 29 October 1754, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Ignace was 48 years old.

1760 Death of Child
Geneviève TESSIER died 31 July 1760, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Ignace was 53 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite TESSIER married 14 October 1760, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François CONTRE dit SANSOUCY

1762 Marriage of Child
Pierre TESSIER married 11 January 1762, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Agathe LANGLOIS

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 Death
18 January 1764
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 57.

Added: 1/21/2016 1:55:16 PM - Updated: 7/9/2020 8:45:31 AM