Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

(b. abt. 1751 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 February 1835 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was born abt. 1751 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was the child of Augustin LESSARD and Louise JULIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine PAQUET (maternal) Jean JULIEN and Louise TRUDEL

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Jean-Baptiste married Scholastique CLOUTIER 15 February 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique CLOUTIER was born 5 March 1757 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Scholastique died 18 October 1795 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Scholastique was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Felicite-Claire VACHON.

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD died 18 February 1835 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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

Scholastique CLOUTIER-- Date: 15 February 1779 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Scholastique CLOUTIER was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Felicite-Claire VACHON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Scholastique CLOUTIER:

François LESSARD (b.5 June 1795, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada d. 15 July 1871, St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada)
m. Marie BOULET (BOULAY) 7 January 1817 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 31 July 1849 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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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 - 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.