Marie-Anne BUREAU

(b. 9 October 1723 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1794 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne BUREAU was born 9 October 1723 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne BUREAU was the child of Jean BUREAU dit SANSSOUCY and Marie-Anne LACHAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BUREAU dit SANSSOUCY and Marie-Anne GAUVIN (maternal) Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne HULIN

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

Marie-Anne married Pierre GRAVEL 18 August 1746 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre GRAVEL was born 25 October 1721 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Pierre died 3 November 1793 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Pierre was the child of Pierre GRAVEL and Marguerite PRIEUR.

Marie-Anne BUREAU died 16 May 1794 in Château-Richer, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Anne BUREAU

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Marie-Anne BUREAU married

Pierre GRAVEL-- Date: 18 August 1746 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Pierre GRAVEL was the child of Pierre GRAVEL and Marguerite PRIEUR

Children of Pierre GRAVEL and Marie-Anne BUREAU:

Pierre GRAVEL (b.22 February 1755, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1817, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Agnes DOYON 23 October 1781 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Charles GRAVEL (b.22 January 1762, Château-Richer, Canada d. 1 November 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève SIMARD 23 July 1792 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Marie GRAVEL (b.15 February 1765, Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 December 1838, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Simon RHEAUME 2 February 1785 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1723 Birth
9 October 1723
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne BUREAU and Pierre GRAVEL 18 August 1746, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Pierre GRAVEL was born 22 February 1755, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Charles GRAVEL was born 22 January 1762, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Anne was 38 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie GRAVEL was born 15 February 1765, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Anne was 41 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Pierre GRAVEL married 23 October 1781, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Marie-Agnes DOYON

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie GRAVEL married 2 February 1785, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Simon RHEAUME

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Charles GRAVEL married 23 July 1792, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Geneviève SIMARD

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