Marie-Josephe CUSSON

(b. abt. 1749 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 November 1814 , Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe CUSSON was born abt. 1749 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephe CUSSON was the child of Jacques CUSSON and Marie-Josephe VEGIARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Charles CUSSON and Marguerite RENAUD (maternal) Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Angélique PINEAU

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

Marie-Josephe married Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER 8 February 1768 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER was born 25 January 1744 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre CHEVALIER and Charlotte LEVESQUE dite SANSOUCY.

Marie-Josephe CUSSON died 14 November 1814 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada.

m. Chevalier Jean-Baptiste

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Josephe CUSSON married

Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER-- Date: 8 February 1768 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER was the child of Pierre CHEVALIER and Charlotte LEVESQUE dite SANSOUCY

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER and Marie-Josephe CUSSON:

Joseph CHEVALIER (b.abt. 1774, , Québec Province, Canada d. February 1849, L'Assomption, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte GOULET 5 February 1798 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Angélique CHEVALIER dite LABBE (b.11 August 1778, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 December 1817, Joliette, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste MANDEVILLE 13 November 1797 in Saint-Sulpice, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe CUSSON and Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER 8 February 1768, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique CHEVALIER dite LABBE was born 11 August 1778, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique CHEVALIER dite LABBE married 13 November 1797, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste MANDEVILLE

1798 Marriage of Child
Joseph CHEVALIER married 5 February 1798, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Josephte GOULET

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