Barbe GERVAIS

(b. 17 March 1730 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1792 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Barbe GERVAIS was born 17 March 1730 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Barbe GERVAIS was the child of Mathieu GERVAIS and Josephte ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN and Marie-Michelle PICARD (maternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL and Jeanne SÉGUIN

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Barbe married Dominique BOURDEAU 15 November 1751 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Dominique BOURDEAU was born 12 August 1726 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Dominique died 2 July 1814 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Dominique was the child of Dominique BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marie-Madeleine PERRAS.

Barbe GERVAIS died 5 January 1792 in Saint-Constant, 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.

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Barbe GERVAIS married

Dominique BOURDEAU-- Date: 15 November 1751 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Dominique BOURDEAU was the child of Dominique BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marie-Madeleine PERRAS

Children of Dominique BOURDEAU and Barbe GERVAIS:

Marie-Barbe BOURDEAU (b.25 March 1756, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. 26 February 1781, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jacques-Marie POISSANT 27 February 1775 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph BOURDEAU (b.6 January 1759, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. 10 August 1836, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE 19 July 1773 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Anne BOURDEAU (b.13 March 1765, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Basile LAMARQUE 4 February 1788 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1730 Birth
17 March 1730
Longueuil, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Barbe GERVAIS and Dominique BOURDEAU 15 November 1751, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 21 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Barbe BOURDEAU was born 25 March 1756, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Barbe was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph BOURDEAU was born 6 January 1759, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Barbe was 28 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Anne BOURDEAU was born 13 March 1765, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Barbe was 35 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOURDEAU married 19 July 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie-Barbe BOURDEAU married 27 February 1775, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jacques-Marie POISSANT

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 Death of Child
Marie-Barbe BOURDEAU died 26 February 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Barbe was 50 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Anne BOURDEAU married 4 February 1788, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Basile LAMARQUE

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

1792 Death
5 January 1792
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 61.

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