Marie-Francoise PELLETIER

(b. 17 March 1719 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 3 May 1785 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Francoise PELLETIER was born 17 March 1719 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Marie-Francoise PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Marguerite LUMINEAU (MINEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine MIGNAULT (maternal) Jean LUMINEAU (MINEAU) and Marie QUEVILLON

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Marie-Francoise married Louis GAUVIN 26 February 1753 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis GAUVIN was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 9 January 1792 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jacques GAUVIN and Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Marie-Francoise PELLETIER died 3 May 1785 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Francoise PELLETIER

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Marie-Francoise PELLETIER married

Louis GAUVIN-- Date: 26 February 1753 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Louis GAUVIN was the child of Jacques GAUVIN and Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Children of Louis GAUVIN and Marie-Francoise PELLETIER:

Marie-Francoise GAUVIN (b.8 October 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1828, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Louis-Charles-Amable GAUVIN (b.14 March 1757, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1822, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite HUDON dite BEAULIEU 8 February 1779 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1719 Birth
17 March 1719
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Francoise PELLETIER and Louis GAUVIN 26 February 1753 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 33 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise GAUVIN was born 8 October 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise was 36 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Louis-Charles-Amable GAUVIN was born 14 March 1757, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Francoise was 38 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Louis-Charles-Amable GAUVIN married 8 February 1779 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marguerite HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)