Madeleine GRAVEL

(b. 25 March 1727 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1769 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine GRAVEL was born 25 March 1727 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Madeleine GRAVEL was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Elisabeth CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GRAVEL and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER (maternal) Pierre CARON and Marie-Michelle BERNIER

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

Madeleine married Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ 9 October 1747 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ was born 22 May 1721 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Etienne-Alexis died 16 April 1790 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Etienne-Alexis was the child of Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER.

Madeleine GRAVEL died 27 December 1769 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine GRAVEL married

Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ-- Date: 9 October 1747 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ was the child of Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER

Children of Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ and Madeleine GRAVEL:

Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ (b.10 January 1748, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Pierre GAMACHE 18 July 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Etienne-Basile GAGNE (b.25 September 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1832, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Judith FORTIN 27 July 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Geneviève GAGNE (b.20 September 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Claude GUIMOND 6 November 1780 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1727 Birth
25 March 1727
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GRAVEL and Etienne-Alexis GAGNÉ 9 October 1747 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 20 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ was born 10 January 1748, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine was 20 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Etienne-Basile GAGNE was born 25 September 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine was 24 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève GAGNE was born 20 September 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine was 34 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.