Louis GONTHIER

(b. 7 December 1745 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 27 May 1810 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Louis GONTHIER was born 7 December 1745 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Louis GONTHIER was the child of Jean GONTHIER and Marie-Josephte GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GONTHIER and Geneviève GAGNÉ (maternal) Joseph-Marie GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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

Louis married Geneviève BOUCHARD 2 August 1773 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Geneviève BOUCHARD was born 15 July 1752 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Geneviève died 9 February 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Geneviève was the child of Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD.

Louis GONTHIER died 27 May 1810 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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Louis GONTHIER married

Geneviève BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 August 1773 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD

Children of Louis GONTHIER and Geneviève BOUCHARD:

Genevieve GONTHIER (b.5 September 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie JEAN 2 October 1798 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph GAUTHIER (b.21 February 1776, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1816, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Modeste BOUCHARD 1 September 1807 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis GONTHIER (b.8 February 1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 July 1872, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Josephte JEAN 11 January 1803 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Julienne TREMBLAY 28 April 1812 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER (b.20 October 1781, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 September 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste JEAN 2 October 1798 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Pierre-David GAUTHIER (b.13 July 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 August 1834, Matane, Lower Canada )
m. Victoire TREMBLAY 29 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER (b.30 September 1789, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1851, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )
m. Agnes TREMBLAY 14 November 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Elisabeth LECLERC 23 November 1819 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François GAUTHIER (b.5 June 1792, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève TREMBLAY 26 November 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1745 Birth
7 December 1745
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Louis GONTHIER and Geneviève BOUCHARD 2 August 1773, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 27 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Genevieve GONTHIER was born 5 September 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 28 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 21 February 1776, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 30 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Louis GONTHIER was born 8 February 1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 32 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER was born 20 October 1781, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 35 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Pierre-David GAUTHIER was born 13 July 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 41 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 30 September 1789, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 43 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
François GAUTHIER was born 5 June 1792, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 46 years old.

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Genevieve GONTHIER married 2 October 1798, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Joseph-Marie JEAN

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER married 2 October 1798, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Jean-Baptiste JEAN

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Louis GONTHIER married 11 January 1803, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Josephte JEAN

1807 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER married 1 September 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Modeste BOUCHARD