Gabriel DUQUET

(b. 2 May 1760 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada d. 11 August 1839 , Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel DUQUET was born 2 May 1760 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada

Gabriel DUQUET was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Josephte MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Marguerite HALAY (HALLÉ) (maternal) Louis MARCHAND and Marie-Jeanne-Therese BOURASSA

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

Gabriel married Marie Anne UNKNOWN 6 October 1783 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne UNKNOWN was born abt. 1751 Marie Anne died 12 July 1829 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy).

Gabriel DUQUET died 11 August 1839 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Gabriel DUQUET married

Marie Anne UNKNOWN-- Date: 6 October 1783 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie Anne UNKNOWN:

Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS (b.28 October 1796, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Anathalie VALLEE 24 October 1854

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1760 Birth
2 May 1760
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada

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 / Partner
Gabriel DUQUET and Marie Anne UNKNOWN 6 October 1783, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1796 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was born 28 October 1796, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Gabriel was 36 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)