Geneviève GOSSELIN

(b. 5 September 1734 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1806 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève GOSSELIN was born 5 September 1734 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Geneviève GOSSELIN was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Marguerite COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Marie-Anne RATTÉ (maternal) Guillaume COUTURE and Nicole BOUFFARD

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Geneviève married Charles ROULEAU 12 February 1753 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles ROULEAU was born 20 January 1731 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Charles died 19 May 1812 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Gabriel ROULEAU and Marie-Genevieve PETITCLERC.

Geneviève GOSSELIN died 27 August 1806 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Geneviève GOSSELIN married

Charles ROULEAU-- Date: 12 February 1753 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Charles ROULEAU was the child of Gabriel ROULEAU and Marie-Genevieve PETITCLERC

Children of Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN:

Geneviève ROULEAU (b.3 July 1756, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1813, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine ROUSSEAU 31 July 1780 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Guillaume ROULEAU (b.12 November 1757, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1826, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Reine LASANTÉ 9 January 1786 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Antoine ROULEAU (b.20 July 1766, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 September 1843, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East)
m. Geneviève GODBOUT 25 July 1793 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1734 Birth
5 September 1734
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève GOSSELIN and Charles ROULEAU 12 February 1753, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Geneviève ROULEAU was born 3 July 1756, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 21 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Guillaume ROULEAU was born 12 November 1757, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 23 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Antoine ROULEAU was born 20 July 1766, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 31 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.