Jacques CUSSON

(b. 9 April 1752 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1811 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Jacques CUSSON was born 9 April 1752 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jacques 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):

Jacques married Marie-Josephte GERVAIS 15 February 1773 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was born 21 May 1752 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte died 9 January 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph GERVAIS and Marie-Renee-Anne GUIBAULT dite GRANDBOIS.

Jacques CUSSON died 26 May 1811 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .

m. Gervais Marie-Josephte

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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 CUSSON married

Marie-Josephte GERVAIS-- Date: 15 February 1773 Place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was the child of Joseph GERVAIS and Marie-Renee-Anne GUIBAULT dite GRANDBOIS

Children of Jacques CUSSON and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS:

Jean-Baptiste CUSSON (b.abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Claire GOUZY (GOUGY) 26 November 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1752 Birth
9 April 1752
Saint-Sulpice, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jacques CUSSON and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS 15 February 1773, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 20 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.

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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CUSSON married 26 November 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie-Claire GOUZY (GOUGY)