Joseph-Placide GRAVEL

(b. 4 October 1721 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1769 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Placide GRAVEL was born 4 October 1721 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph-Placide GRAVEL was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Elisabeth CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GRAVEL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER (maternal) Pierre CARON and Marie-Michelle BERNIER

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

Joseph-Placide married Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU 3 October 1746 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU was born 4 September 1722 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Elisabeth died 4 January 1777 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Étienne RONDEAU and Louise-Marie-Gabrielle MOREAU.

Joseph-Placide GRAVEL died 27 June 1769 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph-Placide GRAVEL married

Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU-- Date: 3 October 1746 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU was the child of Étienne RONDEAU and Louise-Marie-Gabrielle MOREAU

Children of Joseph-Placide GRAVEL and Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU:

Joseph GRAVEL (b.3 August 1747, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve CAOUETTE 23 September 1777 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
m. Geneviève HAMON (AMOND) (EMOND) 9 January 1797 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Augustin GRAVEL (b.17 March 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 29 April 1821, Chambly, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE 21 February 1786 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1721 Birth
4 October 1721
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Placide GRAVEL and Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU 3 October 1746, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 25 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Joseph GRAVEL was born 3 August 1747, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Placide was 25 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Augustin GRAVEL was born 17 March 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Placide was 39 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.