Michel GEMME

(b. 4 August 1737 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1780 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Michel GEMME was born 4 August 1737 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Michel GEMME was the child of Thomas GEMME and Marie-Angélique FOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GEMME and Marie-Madeleine BARBARY dite GRANDMAISON (maternal) Louis-Martin FOUCHER and Madeleine PARE

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

Michel married Dorothée BRISEBOIS 26 September 1757 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Dorothée BRISEBOIS was born 11 May 1736 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Dorothée was the child of Jacques BRISEBOIS and Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS.

Michel GEMME died 2 December 1780 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Michel GEMME married

Dorothée BRISEBOIS-- Date: 26 September 1757 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Dorothée BRISEBOIS was the child of Jacques BRISEBOIS and Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

Children of Michel GEMME and Dorothée BRISEBOIS:

Marie GEMME (b.5 June 1762, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada d. , )
m. Paul RICHER 19 May 1783 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Josephte GEMME (b.abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 February 1813, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Joachim CLEMENT dit LARIVIÈRE 23 September 1782 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1737 Birth
4 August 1737
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Michel GEMME and Dorothée BRISEBOIS 26 September 1757 , Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie GEMME was born 5 June 1762, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Michel was 24 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.