Gabriel GAUTHIER

(b. 30 July 1730 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 21 June 1806 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel GAUTHIER was born 30 July 1730 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Gabriel GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER and Marie-Catherine HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GAUTHIER and Elisabeth-Ursule DENEVERS (maternal) Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

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Gabriel married Augustine DUPAUL 31 January 1757 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Augustine DUPAUL was born 23 November 1732 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Augustine was the child of Augustin DUPAUL and Ursule BOUVIER.

Gabriel GAUTHIER died 21 June 1806 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .

m. Dupaul Augustine

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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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Gabriel GAUTHIER married

Augustine DUPAUL-- Date: 31 January 1757 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Augustine DUPAUL was the child of Augustin DUPAUL and Ursule BOUVIER

Children of Gabriel GAUTHIER and Augustine DUPAUL:

Augustine GAUTHIER (b.13 February 1762, Yamachiche, Canada d. 26 February 1831, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Michel BOISVERT dit DENEVERS 8 July 1783 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite GAUTHIER (b.9 March 1764, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 June 1836, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

Josephte GAUTHIER (b.10 September 1767, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles SEVIGNY 26 July 1790 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1730 Birth
30 July 1730
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel GAUTHIER and Augustine DUPAUL 31 January 1757 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Augustine GAUTHIER was born 13 February 1762, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Gabriel 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER was born 9 March 1764, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Gabriel was 33 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Josephte GAUTHIER was born 10 September 1767, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Gabriel was 37 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Augustine GAUTHIER married 8 July 1783, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Michel BOISVERT dit DENEVERS

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Josephte GAUTHIER married 26 July 1790 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Charles SEVIGNY

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)