flag male ancestor  Damase  GONTHIER

  (b. 1 May 1795 Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 9 December 1866 Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )  

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Damase GONTHIER was born 1 May 1795 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Damase GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER   and   Genevieve COULOMBE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean GONTHIER and Marie-Josephte GAGNON (maternal)  Antoine COULOMBE and Genevieve MAGNAN

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Damase  married  Ursule PERRON 2 February 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule PERRON  was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Ursule died 20 December 1859 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee).  Ursule was the child of Jean-Pierre PERRON and Elisabeth GIRARD.

Damase GONTHIER died 9 December 1866 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1795 Birth
1 May 1795
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1818 Marriage / Partner
Damase GONTHIER and Ursule PERRON 2 February 1818, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.
1818 Birth of Child
Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) was born 27 November 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Damase was 23 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1840 Marriage of Child
Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) married 2 March 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Laurent TREMBLAY
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule PERRON died 20 December 1859, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
death1866 Death
9 December 1866
Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

He died at the age of 71.
Added: 2/27/2024 1:52:27 PM - Updated: 2/27/2024 1:53:42 PM

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