Gabriel FERLAND

(b. 7 December 1756 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1804 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel FERLAND was born 7 December 1756 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Gabriel FERLAND was the child of Gabriel FERLAND and Marie-Madeleine GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FERLAND and Anne PAULET (maternal) Louis GOULET and Marie-Anne QUENTIN

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Gabriel married Therese GUAY 17 June 1786 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese GUAY was born 11 January 1754 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Therese died 1 December 1824 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Therese was the child of Jean-François GUAY and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE).

Gabriel FERLAND died 12 November 1804 in Saint-Henri, 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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Gabriel FERLAND married

Therese GUAY-- Date: 17 June 1786 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese GUAY was the child of Jean-François GUAY and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Gabriel FERLAND and Therese GUAY:

François FERLAND (b.8 May 1790, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 September 1855, Ste-Marguerite de Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Anastasie NADEAU 22 February 1808 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1756 Birth
7 December 1756
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel FERLAND and Therese GUAY 17 June 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 29 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
François FERLAND was born 8 May 1790, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Gabriel was 33 years old.

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

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

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