Joseph GAURON

(b. 12 February 1729 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1787 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GAURON was born 12 February 1729 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Joseph GAURON was the child of Michel GAURON and Marie-Renee HUBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAURON dit PETITBOIS and Marguerite ROBINEAU (maternal) Simon HUBERT and Marie-Anne LAREAU

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Joseph married Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE and Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE.

Joseph GAURON died 27 July 1787 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph GAURON married

Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE-- Date: abt. 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE was the child of Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE and Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Children of Joseph GAURON and Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE:

Marie-Catherine GAURON (b.24 December 1751, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1830, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE 15 February 1768 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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1729 Birth
12 February 1729
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine GAURON was born 24 December 1751, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Joseph was 22 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine GAURON married 15 February 1768, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

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.