Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN

(b. 29 July 1731 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1815 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN was born 29 July 1731 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN was the child of Pierre-Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GOSSELIN and Françoise LABRECQUE (maternal) Leonard CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Jeanne MORISSET

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

Marie-Josephte married Michel FORGUES 10 May 1751 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel FORGUES was born 17 July 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Michel died 16 January 1811 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Joseph FORGUES and Jeanne-Marguerite PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE.

Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN died 20 October 1815 in Longueuil, 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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Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN married

Michel FORGUES-- Date: 10 May 1751 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Michel FORGUES was the child of Joseph FORGUES and Jeanne-Marguerite PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

Children of Michel FORGUES and Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN:

Augustin FORGUES (b.19 March 1767, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 July 1832, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite RACINE 17 February 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1731 Birth
29 July 1731
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN and Michel FORGUES 10 May 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Augustin FORGUES was born 19 March 1767, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 35 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Augustin FORGUES married 17 February 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Marguerite RACINE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)