Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER

(b. 12 May 1720 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1793 , Repentigny, Lower Canada )

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Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER was born 12 May 1720 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER was the child of Jacques GAUTHIER dit SANSCARTIER and Agathe FAYE (FAGNAN) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre FAYE dit VILLEFAGNAN and Marie CHAUVET

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Simon-Pierre married Anne THIBOUTOT 7 January 1745 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anne THIBOUTOT was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Anne died 1 December 1807 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Anne was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU (THIBOUTOT) and Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR.

Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER died 6 January 1793 in Repentigny, 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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Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER married

Anne THIBOUTOT-- Date: 7 January 1745 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Anne THIBOUTOT was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU (THIBOUTOT) and Anne DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR

Children of Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER and Anne THIBOUTOT:

Marie-Anne GAUTHIER (b.10 October 1745, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1827, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre SOUMIS 18 August 1766 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Elisabeth GAUTHIER (b.29 June 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1837, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste HUBOULT dit DESLONGCHAMPS 15 July 1799 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1720 Birth
12 May 1720
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Simon-Pierre GAUTHIER and Anne THIBOUTOT 7 January 1745, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAUTHIER was born 10 October 1745, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Simon-Pierre was 25 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Elisabeth GAUTHIER was born 29 June 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Simon-Pierre 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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GAUTHIER married 18 August 1766, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Pierre SOUMIS

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.