Gabriel BOURBEAU

(b. 17 March 1745 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 15 September 1788 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel BOURBEAU was born 17 March 1745 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Gabriel BOURBEAU was the child of Simon BOURBEAU and Madeleine GALARNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache BOURBEAU and Marguerite BROSSEAU (maternal) Jacques GALARNEAU and Marguerite PANNETON

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

Gabriel married Elisabeth HUNAULT 4 November 1771 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth HUNAULT was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Françoise-Marguerite RHEAUME.

Gabriel BOURBEAU died 15 September 1788 in Les Cèdres, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Gabriel BOURBEAU married

Elisabeth HUNAULT-- Date: 4 November 1771 Place: Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth HUNAULT was the child of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Françoise-Marguerite RHEAUME

Children of Gabriel BOURBEAU and Elisabeth HUNAULT:

Isabelle BOURBEAU (b.29 December 1781, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 December 1861, Île-Perrot, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Thomas LEDUC 1 February 1802 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

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1745 Birth
17 March 1745
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel BOURBEAU and Elisabeth HUNAULT 4 November 1771, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Isabelle BOURBEAU was born 29 December 1781, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Gabriel was 36 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)