Cecile GONTHIER

(b. 5 September 1744 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1780 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Cecile GONTHIER was born 5 September 1744 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Cecile GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph GONTHIER and Josephte CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GONTHIER and Geneviève ROY (maternal) Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Françoise BOURGET

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

Cecile married Joseph DUQUET 2 March 1767 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph DUQUET was born 1 January 1746 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Joseph died 15 October 1805 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève LISSE.

Cecile GONTHIER died 7 July 1780 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Duquet Joseph

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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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Cecile GONTHIER married

Joseph DUQUET-- Date: 2 March 1767 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DUQUET was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève LISSE

Children of Joseph DUQUET and Cecile GONTHIER:

Joseph DUQUET (b.6 February 1768, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite MIMAUX (MIMEAU) 2 February 1796 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Cecile DUQUET (b.5 February 1776, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 August 1832, St-Roch-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre-Michel MORIN 25 July 1803 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1744 Birth
5 September 1744
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Cecile GONTHIER and Joseph DUQUET 2 March 1767, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph DUQUET was born 6 February 1768, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Cecile was 23 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.