Lazare GAMACHE

(b. 7 January 1744 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 June 1819 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Lazare GAMACHE was born 7 January 1744 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Lazare GAMACHE was the child of Pierre GAMACHE and Marie-Geneviève BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER (maternal) Jean-François BELANGER and Geneviève THIBAULT

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

Lazare married Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY) 25 November 1776 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY) was born 13 May 1752 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marguerite died 3 December 1838 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Paul BOULET (BOULAY) and Claire MIVILLE dite DESCHENES.

Lazare GAMACHE died 16 June 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Lazare GAMACHE married

Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY)-- Date: 25 November 1776 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY) was the child of Paul BOULET (BOULAY) and Claire MIVILLE dite DESCHENES

Children of Lazare GAMACHE and Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY):

Elisabeth GAMACHE (b.abt. 1780, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume CARON 28 January 1812 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
7 January 1744
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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Lazare GAMACHE and Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY) 25 November 1776, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 32 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)

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

1812 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth GAMACHE married 28 January 1812, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Guillaume CARON

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.