Joseph GOSSELIN

(b. 4 June 1750 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1824 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GOSSELIN was born 4 June 1750 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph GOSSELIN was the child of Antoine GOSSELIN and Marie-Thérèse CRÉPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GOSSELIN and Françoise LABRECQUE (maternal) Robert CRÉPEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEMELIN

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

Joseph married Marie CAMPEAU 8 November 1773 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie CAMPEAU was born 21 December 1747 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie died 24 May 1816 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie was the child of Paul CAMPEAU and Elisabeth FORTIER.

Joseph GOSSELIN died 21 May 1824 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Joseph GOSSELIN married

Marie CAMPEAU-- Date: 8 November 1773 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie CAMPEAU was the child of Paul CAMPEAU and Elisabeth FORTIER

Children of Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie CAMPEAU:

Laurent GOSSELIN (b.4 April 1782, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 December 1861, St-Frédéric, Canada)
m. Madeleine CHATIGNY 8 May 1809 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1750 Birth
4 June 1750
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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
Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie CAMPEAU 8 November 1773, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Laurent GOSSELIN was born 4 April 1782, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 31 years old.

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)

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

1809 Marriage of Child
Laurent GOSSELIN married 8 May 1809, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Madeleine CHATIGNY