Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER

(b. 1 September 1729 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1808 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER was born 1 September 1729 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Rose LALONDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Clémence JARRY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LALONDE and Jeanne GERVAIS

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Marie-Josephe married Jacques LEGROS 8 January 1747 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques LEGROS was born 17 January 1720 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Jacques died 19 May 1786 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Jacques was the child of Nicolas LEGROS dit LECOMPTE and Charlotte TURPIN.

Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER died 17 December 1808 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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-Josephe GAUTHIER married

Jacques LEGROS-- Date: 8 January 1747 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques LEGROS was the child of Nicolas LEGROS dit LECOMPTE and Charlotte TURPIN

Children of Jacques LEGROS and Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER:

Amable LEGROS (b.5 December 1751, Oka, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1817, Rigaud, Lower Canada )
m. Suzanne CHARLEBOIS 23 November 1778 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Basile LEGROS dit LECOMPTE (b.27 July 1757, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1827, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )
m. Archange-Marie DAOUST 24 November 1783 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1729 Birth
1 September 1729
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER and Jacques LEGROS 8 January 1747, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Amable LEGROS was born 5 December 1751, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Marie-Josephe was 22 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Birth of Child
Basile LEGROS dit LECOMPTE was born 27 July 1757, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 27 years old.

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.