Gabriel LEFEBVRE

(b. 18 January 1730 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1779 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel LEFEBVRE was born 18 January 1730 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Gabriel LEFEBVRE was the child of Nicolas LEFEBVRE and Marguerite-Angélique GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LADOUCEUR and Marie MARCOTTE (maternal) Joseph GODBOUT and Marguerite MANSEAU

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

Gabriel married Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY 17 January 1763 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY was born 29 September 1735 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Charlotte died 17 December 1769 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie FOURNIER dite BELVAL.

Gabriel LEFEBVRE died 11 October 1779 in Saint-Ours, 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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Gabriel LEFEBVRE married

Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY-- Date: 17 January 1763 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY was the child of Jean-Baptiste VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie FOURNIER dite BELVAL

Children of Gabriel LEFEBVRE and Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY:

Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE (b.abt. 1763, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre ARSENAULT 20 February 1786 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1730 Birth
18 January 1730
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel LEFEBVRE and Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY 17 January 1763 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 33 years old.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY died 17 December 1769, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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.