flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  GAUTHIER

  (b. 5 June 1823 Montréal, Lower Canada   d. 19 March 1894 Québec Province, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 5 June 1823 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was the child of ?   and   ?

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS 29 July 1845 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS  was born 31 July 1825 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine).  Marie-Mathilde died 29 June 1867 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). 

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER died 19 March 1894 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER

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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER married flag female ancestor Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS-- Date: 29 July 1845 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada East


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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS:

flag male ancestor Joseph-Romaine GAUTHIER (b.23 January 1860, Montréal, Canada East   d. 5 November 1908, Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada)
m. Agnes LEFEBVRE 9 October 1878 in , Ontario, Canada



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birth1823 Birth
5 June 1823
Montréal, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1845 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS 29 July 1845, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 22 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Birth of Child
Joseph-Romaine GAUTHIER was born 23 January 1860, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Mathilde DAGENAIS died 29 June 1867, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1878 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Romaine GAUTHIER married 9 October 1878, , Ontario, Canada to Agnes LEFEBVRE
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1894 Death
19 March 1894
Québec Province, Canada

He died at the age of 70.
Added: 10/9/2025 5:22:00 PM - Updated: 10/9/2025 5:22:51 PM

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