Joseph GAUVIN

(b. November 1716 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 14 October 1794 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAUVIN was born November 1716 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Joseph GAUVIN was the child of Pierre GAUVIN and Marie-Anne FISET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUVIN and Anne MAGNAN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FISET and Marie-Renee BEZEAU

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Joseph married Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE 14 January 1743 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angélique died 8 May 1782 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Angélique was the child of Antoine OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Angélique VÉZINA.

Joseph GAUVIN died 14 October 1794 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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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Joseph GAUVIN married

Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE-- Date: 14 January 1743 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
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Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE was the child of Antoine OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Angélique VÉZINA

Children of Joseph GAUVIN and Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE:

Antoine GAUVIN (b.18 March 1745, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1819, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe GARNIER (GRENIER) 20 February 1775 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1716 Birth
November 1716
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1743 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUVIN and Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE 14 January 1743, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 26 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Antoine GAUVIN was born 18 March 1745, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Antoine GAUVIN married 20 February 1775, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie-Josephe GARNIER (GRENIER)

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.