Antoine GOSSELIN

(b. 5 May 1768 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1839 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Antoine GOSSELIN was born 5 May 1768 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoine GOSSELIN was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Angélique COURSOL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GOSSELIN and Françoise GODBOUT (maternal) Jacques COURSOL and Marguerite-Rénée MONTEIL

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

Antoine married Catherine VAUDRY 7 June 1791 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine VAUDRY was born 16 March 1772 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Catherine died 6 June 1857 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Catherine was the child of Nicolas VAUDRY and Catherine FORAND.

Antoine GOSSELIN died 1 July 1839 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Antoine GOSSELIN married

Catherine VAUDRY-- Date: 7 June 1791 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Catherine VAUDRY was the child of Nicolas VAUDRY and Catherine FORAND

Children of Antoine GOSSELIN and Catherine VAUDRY:

Joseph GOSSELIN (b.3 June 1796, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Seraphine LAMOUREUX 6 November 1827 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1768 Birth
5 May 1768
Verchères, 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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GOSSELIN and Catherine VAUDRY 7 June 1791, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 23 years old.

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

1796 Birth of Child
Joseph GOSSELIN was born 3 June 1796, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 28 years old.

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Joseph GOSSELIN married 6 November 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie-Seraphine LAMOUREUX

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England