Jean-François GAMACHE

(b. 12 May 1742 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1795 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François GAMACHE was born 12 May 1742 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Jean-François GAMACHE was the child of Louis GAMACHE and Madeleine THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAMACHE and Angélique MIVILLE dite DESCHENES (maternal) Jacques THIBEAULT (THIBAULT) (THIBEAU) and Marie-Anne PROULX

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Jean-François married Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE 27 January 1767 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE was born 10 February 1746 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Madeleine died 14 March 1828 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Madeleine was the child of Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY and Elisabeth METIVIER.

Jean-François GAMACHE died 5 December 1795 in Montmagny, 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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Jean-François GAMACHE married

Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE-- Date: 27 January 1767 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE was the child of Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY and Elisabeth METIVIER

Children of Jean-François GAMACHE and Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE:

Modeste GAMACHE (b.18 April 1786, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 October 1866, Montmagny, Canada East )
m. Pierre LEMIEUX 6 February 1810 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
12 May 1742
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François GAMACHE and Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE 27 January 1767, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 24 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)

1786 Birth of Child
Modeste GAMACHE was born 18 April 1786, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Jean-François was 43 years old.

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

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