Basile DEBLOIS

(b. 21 August 1738 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1821 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Basile DEBLOIS was born 21 August 1738 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Basile DEBLOIS was the child of François DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE and Gertrude VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE and Françoise ROUSSEAU (maternal) Nicolas VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL) and Madeleine DUCHESNE

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

Basile married Marthe LEHOUX 9 August 1762 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe LEHOUX was born 2 December 1746 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marthe died 6 May 1801 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marthe was the child of Pierre-Joseph LEHOUX and Marie-Marthe ASSELIN.

Basile DEBLOIS died 13 December 1821 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.

m. Lehoux Marthe

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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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Basile DEBLOIS married

Marthe LEHOUX-- Date: 9 August 1762 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada
Marthe LEHOUX was the child of Pierre-Joseph LEHOUX and Marie-Marthe ASSELIN

Children of Basile DEBLOIS and Marthe LEHOUX:

Basile DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE (b.18 September 1764, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 November 1854, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )
m. Marguerite-Abondance AVARE 6 November 1792 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
21 August 1738
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Basile DEBLOIS and Marthe LEHOUX 9 August 1762, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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
Basile DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE was born 18 September 1764, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Basile was 26 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage of Child
Basile DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE married 6 November 1792, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marguerite-Abondance AVARE

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)