Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL

(b. abt. 1691 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1767 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL was born abt. 1691 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL was the child of Jean GRAVEL and Marie CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Mace GRAVEL dit BRINDELLIERE GRAVELLE and Marguerite TAVERNIER (maternal) Zacharie CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER) and Madeleine-Barbe AYMARD (EMARD)

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Jean-Baptiste married Barbe CHARTRAND 30 October 1719 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Barbe CHARTRAND was born 16 March 1704 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Barbe died 16 November 1783 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Barbe was the child of Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) and Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE).

Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL died 6 September 1767 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL married

Barbe CHARTRAND-- Date: 30 October 1719 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Barbe CHARTRAND was the child of Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) and Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL and Barbe CHARTRAND:

Augustin GRAVEL (b.5 February 1726, Laval, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1785, Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Marguerite GRATTON 11 January 1749 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada
m. Marguerite MAISONNEUVE 3 April 1780 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Germain GRAVEL (b.15 May 1745, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Josephte BOESME (BOHEMIER) 18 June 1770 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL and Barbe CHARTRAND 30 October 1719 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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

1726 Birth of Child
Augustin GRAVEL was born 5 February 1726, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1745 Birth of Child
Germain GRAVEL was born 15 May 1745, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

1749 Marriage of Child
Augustin GRAVEL married 11 January 1749, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Marie-Marguerite GRATTON

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.