Joseph-Louis GERVAIS

(b. 21 March 1744 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1816 , St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph-Louis GERVAIS was born 21 March 1744 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Joseph-Louis GERVAIS was the child of Louis-Joseph GERVAIS and Marie-Josephe GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Marie-Jeanne TESSIER (maternal) René GENDRON and Nicole LARIOU dite LAFANTAISIE

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

Joseph-Louis married Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU 4 February 1765 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU was born 15 June 1741 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Anne-Therese died 13 April 1823 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Anne-Therese was the child of Joseph-Alexis ROCHEREAU and Catherine HERBECQ.

Joseph-Louis GERVAIS died 16 April 1816 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, 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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Joseph-Louis GERVAIS married

Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU-- Date: 4 February 1765 Place: La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU was the child of Joseph-Alexis ROCHEREAU and Catherine HERBECQ

Children of Joseph-Louis GERVAIS and Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU:

Thérèse GERVAIS (b.13 February 1768, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1827, St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph DESPRES 6 October 1788 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1744 Birth
21 March 1744
La-Pérade, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis GERVAIS and Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU 4 February 1765, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 20 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Thérèse GERVAIS was born 13 February 1768, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph-Louis was 23 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.