Gabriel DUQUET

(b. 23 February 1744 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1797 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel DUQUET was born 23 February 1744 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Gabriel DUQUET was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève LISSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUQUET and Geneviève HALAY (HALLÉ) (maternal) Jacques LISSE and Françoise CHORET

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Gabriel married Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU 19 September 1763 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU was born 21 April 1745 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Pierre BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève GONTHIER dite BERNARD.

Gabriel DUQUET died 30 May 1797 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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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Gabriel DUQUET married

Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU-- Date: 19 September 1763 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU was the child of Pierre BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève GONTHIER dite BERNARD

Children of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU:

Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS (b.16 May 1768, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 August 1836, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste FORTIER 16 May 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
23 February 1744
Beaumont, 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 DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU 19 September 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1768, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 24 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS married 16 May 1786 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)