Marie-Josephte GAUVIN

(b. 27 May 1720 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1791 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GAUVIN was born 27 May 1720 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte GAUVIN was the child of Pierre GAUVIN and Marie-Anne FISET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUVIN and Anne MAGNAN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FISET and Marie-Renee BEZEAU

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Marie-Josephte married François BOIVIN 26 November 1738 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François BOIVIN was born 3 January 1713 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François died 23 July 1780 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). François was the child of Jean-François BOIVIN and Angélique JOBIN.

Marie-Josephte GAUVIN died 4 November 1791 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada .

m. Boivin Francois

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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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Marie-Josephte GAUVIN married

François BOIVIN-- Date: 26 November 1738 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
François BOIVIN was the child of Jean-François BOIVIN and Angélique JOBIN

Children of François BOIVIN and Marie-Josephte GAUVIN:

Joseph BOIVIN (b.29 January 1743, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Geneviève ALAIN 14 February 1774 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie BOIVIN (b.abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph JUNEAU 28 January 1765 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1720 Birth
27 May 1720
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1738 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GAUVIN and François BOIVIN 26 November 1738, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 18 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Joseph BOIVIN was born 29 January 1743, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie-Josephte was 22 years old.

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie BOIVIN married 28 January 1765, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Joseph JUNEAU

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOIVIN married 14 February 1774, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Geneviève ALAIN

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.