Michel GILBERT

(b. abt. 1750 , Canada d. 4 September 1819 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Michel GILBERT was born abt. 1750 in Canada

Michel GILBERT was the child of Jean-Marie GILBERT and Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin GILBERT and Catherine LIBERGE (maternal) Jean LAFORT (LEFORT) dit LAFOREST and Marguerite DROUSSON

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Michel married Françoise BERTRAND 27 July 1778 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BERTRAND was born 1 March 1754 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Françoise died 27 April 1822 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Elisabeth LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE.

Michel GILBERT died 4 September 1819 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel GILBERT married

Françoise BERTRAND-- Date: 27 July 1778 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Françoise BERTRAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Elisabeth LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE

Children of Michel GILBERT and Françoise BERTRAND:

Françoise GILBERT (b.16 April 1780, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 January 1843, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Alexis CARREAU 8 February 1802 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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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.

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 / Partner
Michel GILBERT and Françoise BERTRAND 27 July 1778, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

1780 Birth of Child
Françoise GILBERT was born 16 April 1780, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Françoise GILBERT married 8 February 1802, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Joseph-Alexis CARREAU

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.