Claude GRAVEL

(b. 22 June 1723 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 20 January 1790 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude GRAVEL was born 22 June 1723 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Claude GRAVEL was the child of Pierre GRAVEL and Marguerite PRIEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GRAVEL and Jeanne CLOUTIER (maternal) Joseph PRIEUR dit RUSSON and Helene MECHIN

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Claude married Marguerite POULIN 2 February 1747 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite POULIN was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 18 August 1805 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Ignace POULIN and Marguerite CARON.

Claude GRAVEL died 20 January 1790 in Beauport, Québec, 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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Claude GRAVEL married

Marguerite POULIN-- Date: 2 February 1747 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Marguerite POULIN was the child of Ignace POULIN and Marguerite CARON

Children of Claude GRAVEL and Marguerite POULIN:

Marie-Josephe GRAVEL (b.abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 January 1829, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Louis CLOUTIER 6 February 1769 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Madeleine GRAVEL (b.15 September 1756, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1811, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Michel DROUIN 19 February 1776 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
22 June 1723
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Claude GRAVEL and Marguerite POULIN 2 February 1747, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Madeleine GRAVEL was born 15 September 1756, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Claude was 33 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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe GRAVEL married 6 February 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Louis CLOUTIER

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.