Gilles LAUZON

(b. 29 January 1723 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1816 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Gilles LAUZON was born 29 January 1723 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Gilles LAUZON was the child of Gilles LAUZON and Marie-Anne GROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles LAUZON and Marie ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Jean GROULX and Marie-Anne GOGUET (GOYETTE)

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Gilles married Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE 7 February 1752 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE was born 12 October 1732 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Marie-Anne died 2 February 1789 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Anne BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dite BONNEVILLE.

Gilles LAUZON died 28 May 1816 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, 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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Gilles LAUZON married

Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE-- Date: 7 February 1752 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE was the child of Joseph VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Anne BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dite BONNEVILLE

Children of Gilles LAUZON and Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE:

Joseph LAUZON (b.December 1754, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France d. 27 October 1809, Terrebonne, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine FONTIGNY 30 July 1781 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1723 Birth
29 January 1723
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Gilles LAUZON and Marie-Anne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE 7 February 1752, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 29 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph LAUZON was born December 1754, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Gilles was 31 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.