Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER

(b. 15 October 1721 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 2 November 1807 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 15 October 1721 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was the child of Jacques-Elie GAUTHIER and Marie TOURNEROCHE dite ROBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Elie GAUTHIER and Marguerite-Marie MOITIE (maternal) Robert TOURNEROCHE and Marie TARGER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe SENECAL 14 February 1752 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe SENECAL was born 29 August 1724 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Josephe died 27 September 1793 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe was the child of Nicolas SENECAL and Marie-Madeleine MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE.

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER died 2 November 1807 in Verchères, 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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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER married

Marie-Josephe SENECAL-- Date: 14 February 1752 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe SENECAL was the child of Nicolas SENECAL and Marie-Madeleine MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephe SENECAL:

Joseph GAUTHIER (b.13 October 1757, Verchères, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS 8 September 1783 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1721 Birth
15 October 1721
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephe SENECAL 14 February 1752, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 30 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 13 October 1757, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER married 8 September 1783, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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