Agathe FORGET

(b. abt. 1754 , Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 18 December 1822 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Agathe FORGET was born abt. 1754 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Agathe FORGET was the child of Gabriel FORGET and Marie-Renee MENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FORGET dit DESPATITS and Jeanne BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) (maternal) Louis MENARD and Marie-Anne FEVRIER

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Agathe married Joseph GAUVREAU 18 July 1774 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GAUVREAU was born 28 February 1753 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Germain GAUVREAU and Marie-Josephe TESSIER.

Agathe FORGET died 18 December 1822 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada.

m. Gauvreau Joseph

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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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Agathe FORGET married

Joseph GAUVREAU-- Date: 18 July 1774 Place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph GAUVREAU was the child of Joseph-Germain GAUVREAU and Marie-Josephe TESSIER

Children of Joseph GAUVREAU and Agathe FORGET:

Marie-Louise GAUVREAU (b.23 October 1776, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 October 1837, Terrebonne, Lower Canada )
m. François DENEVERS dit BOISVERT 1 May 1797 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Agathe FORGET and Joseph GAUVREAU 18 July 1774, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GAUVREAU was born 23 October 1776, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GAUVREAU married 1 May 1797, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to François DENEVERS dit BOISVERT

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England