Madeleine GRAVEL

(b. 15 September 1756 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1811 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GRAVEL was born 15 September 1756 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Madeleine GRAVEL was the child of Claude GRAVEL and Marguerite POULIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GRAVEL and Marguerite PRIEUR (maternal) Ignace POULIN and Marguerite CARON

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

Madeleine married Michel DROUIN 19 February 1776 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel DROUIN was born 1 October 1744 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Michel died 9 March 1806 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Jean DROUIN and Francoise POULIN.

Madeleine GRAVEL died 11 May 1811 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine GRAVEL married

Michel DROUIN-- Date: 19 February 1776 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel DROUIN was the child of Jean DROUIN and Francoise POULIN

Children of Michel DROUIN and Madeleine GRAVEL:

Jacques DROUIN (b.June 18 1788, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. April 22 1853, Saint-Elzéar-de-Linière, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephe LACHANCE dite PEPIN 17 February 1806 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1756 Birth
15 September 1756
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GRAVEL and Michel DROUIN 19 February 1776, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Jacques DROUIN was born June 18 1788, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 31 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Jacques DROUIN married 17 February 1806, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Josephe LACHANCE dite PEPIN