Marie-Louise GRAVEL

(b. 8 November 1767 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1832 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GRAVEL was born 8 November 1767 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise GRAVEL was the child of Claude GRAVEL and Marie-Josephte PAQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL and Dorothee GRATTON (maternal) Maurice PAQUET and Thérèse DRAPEAU

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

Marie-Louise married Michel GRAVEL 26 October 1795 in Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GRAVEL was born 28 September 1769 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Michel died 6 July 1849 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Joseph-Athanase GRAVEL and Marguerite LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Marie-Louise GRAVEL died 25 August 1832 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Marie-Louise GRAVEL married

Michel GRAVEL-- Date: 26 October 1795 Place: Laval, Lower Canada
Michel GRAVEL was the child of Joseph-Athanase GRAVEL and Marguerite LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Michel GRAVEL and Marie-Louise GRAVEL:

Joseph GRAVEL (b.1 May 1800, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada d. 22 March 1873, Valcourt, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte LORRAIN (LAURIN) 9 October 1838 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1767 Birth
8 November 1767
Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GRAVEL and Michel GRAVEL 26 October 1795, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 27 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Joseph GRAVEL was born 1 May 1800, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise was 32 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England