Claude GRAVEL

(b. 18 August 1719 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1785 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude GRAVEL was born 18 August 1719 in Laval, Canada, New France

Claude GRAVEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL and Dorothee GRATTON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GRAVEL and Jeanne CLOUTIER (maternal) Joseph GRATTON (GRATON) and Anne PERRON

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Claude married Marie-Josephte PAQUET 10 November 1748 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte PAQUET was born 16 April 1731 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Josephte died 25 September 1786 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Josephte was the child of Maurice PAQUET and Thérèse DRAPEAU.

Claude GRAVEL died 1 September 1785 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Claude GRAVEL married

Marie-Josephte PAQUET-- Date: 10 November 1748 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte PAQUET was the child of Maurice PAQUET and Thérèse DRAPEAU

Children of Claude GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte PAQUET:

Marie-Louise GRAVEL (b.8 November 1767, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1832, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Michel GRAVEL 26 October 1795 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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1719 Birth
18 August 1719
Laval, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1748 Marriage / Partner
Claude GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte PAQUET 10 November 1748, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GRAVEL was born 8 November 1767, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Claude was 48 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.