Veronique GONTHIER

(b. 4 April 1725 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 24 February 1799 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Veronique GONTHIER was born 4 April 1725 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Veronique GONTHIER was the child of Louis GONTHIER and Geneviève GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard GONTHIER and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Barbe DODIER

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Veronique married Étienne DESBIENS 4 November 1744 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Étienne DESBIENS was born 3 March 1719 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Étienne died 21 December 1783 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Étienne was the child of Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY.

Veronique GONTHIER died 24 February 1799 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Veronique GONTHIER married

Étienne DESBIENS-- Date: 4 November 1744 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
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Étienne DESBIENS was the child of Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

Children of Étienne DESBIENS and Veronique GONTHIER:

Etienne DESBIENS (b.9 February 1746, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1776, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Francoise TREMBLAY 10 November 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Marie DESBIENS (b.6 March 1749, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1810, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Anne-Louise TREMBLAY 13 August 1770 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Clothilde DESBIENS (b.10 November 1751, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1811, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Barthelemy BRISSON 1 October 1770 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Geneviève-Veronique DESBIENS (b.4 November 1753, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre BILODEAU 18 April 1774 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS (b.15 September 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1812, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne HARVEY 4 April 1785 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Madeleine DESBIENS (b.19 August 1761, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada d. 20 June 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Guillaume-Isidore TREMBLAY 13 November 1782 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

David DESBIENS (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 December 1817, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite GAUDREAU 30 August 1790 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Alexis DESBIENS (b.7 October 1770, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 August 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique GAUDREAU 23 January 1792 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1725 Birth
4 April 1725
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Veronique GONTHIER and Étienne DESBIENS 4 November 1744, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 19 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Etienne DESBIENS was born 9 February 1746, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 20 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie DESBIENS was born 6 March 1749, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Clothilde DESBIENS was born 10 November 1751, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 26 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Veronique DESBIENS was born 4 November 1753, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 28 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS was born 15 September 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Veronique was 34 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS was born 19 August 1761, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 36 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Etienne DESBIENS married 10 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Francoise TREMBLAY

1770 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie DESBIENS married 13 August 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Anne-Louise TREMBLAY

1770 Marriage of Child
Clothilde DESBIENS married 1 October 1770, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Barthelemy BRISSON

1770 Birth of Child
Jean-Alexis DESBIENS was born 7 October 1770, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 45 years old.

1774 Marriage of Child
Geneviève-Veronique DESBIENS married 18 April 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Pierre BILODEAU

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.

1776 Death of Child
Etienne DESBIENS died 4 January 1776, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 50 years old.

1782 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS married 13 November 1782, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Guillaume-Isidore TREMBLAY

1783 Death of Spouse/Partner
Étienne DESBIENS died 21 December 1783, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS married 4 April 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Anne HARVEY

1785 Death of Child
Geneviève-Veronique DESBIENS died 26 October 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Veronique was 60 years old.

1790 Marriage of Child
David DESBIENS married 30 August 1790, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Felicite GAUDREAU

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Jean-Alexis DESBIENS married 23 January 1792, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Angelique GAUDREAU

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

1799 Death
24 February 1799
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 73.

Added: 12/1/2014 12:18:49 PM - Updated: 7/26/2024 3:28:09 PM