Alexis GAMACHE

(b. 3 September 1721 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1786 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Alexis GAMACHE was born 3 September 1721 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Alexis GAMACHE was the child of Nicolas GAMACHE and Marie GUYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER (maternal) François-Xavier GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON and Marie CLOTUS (CLESTUS)

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

Alexis married Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) 29 July 1748 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) was born 27 September 1722 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Helene died 18 May 1788 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Helene was the child of Pierre CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Marie-Geneviève ALLARD.

Alexis GAMACHE died 28 October 1786 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, 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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Alexis GAMACHE married

Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)-- Date: 29 July 1748 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) was the child of Pierre CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Marie-Geneviève ALLARD

Children of Alexis GAMACHE and Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR):

François GAMACHE (b.11 May 1757, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1801, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite FORTIN 10 February 1778 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1721 Birth
3 September 1721
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Alexis GAMACHE and Helene CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) 29 July 1748, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 26 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Birth of Child
François GAMACHE was born 11 May 1757, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Alexis was 35 years old.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
François GAMACHE married 10 February 1778, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marie-Marguerite FORTIN

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)