Joseph
GERVAIS
(b.
10 January 1750
,
La-Pérade, Canada, New France
d.
16 September 1825
,
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph GERVAIS was born 10 January 1750 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Joseph GERVAIS was the child of Pierre GERVAIS and Marie-Josephe MORAND dite DOUVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GERVAIS and Louise-Elisabeth VALLÉE (maternal) Alexis MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Josephte MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT)Joseph GERVAIS died 16 September 1825 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1750 Birth 10 January 1750
La-Pérade, Canada, New France
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.
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 Canada1818 - 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
1825 Death 16 September 1825
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 75.
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