Claude GAUVREAU

(b. 21 September 1720 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1772 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude GAUVREAU was born 21 September 1720 in Québec, Canada, New France

Claude GAUVREAU was the child of Etienne GAUVREAU and Marguerite-Françoise LEGRIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Adrien LEGRIS and Marie-Françoise BRANCHE

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

Claude married Madeleine FLUET 10 February 1744 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine FLUET was born 27 September 1724 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Madeleine died 3 September 1764 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine was the child of Louis FLUET and Marguerite-Agnès CHEVALIER.

Claude married (2) Geneviève VERRET 19 November 1764 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Geneviève VERRET was born 24 October 1744 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Geneviève died 20 October 1786 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève was the child of Jacques-Francois VERRET and Geneviève TESSIER.

Claude GAUVREAU died 7 February 1772 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Claude GAUVREAU was a tanneur.
A tanneur, or tanner, prepared the skins of animals with tan or tannin (tree bark powder), in order to produce leather by hand. A tannery was where the tanner worked. Tanning was considered a noxious or 'odoriferous trade' and relegated to the outskirts of town and near a river or stream, usually amongst the poor. In other words, tanneries smelled horrible.
Source: tfcq.ca

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Claude GAUVREAU married

Madeleine FLUET-- Date: 10 February 1744 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Madeleine FLUET was the child of Louis FLUET and Marguerite-Agnès CHEVALIER

Children of Claude GAUVREAU and Madeleine FLUET:

Louis GAUVREAU (b.16 July 1749, Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1805, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth CHANDONNET 10 June 1771 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude GAUVREAU (b.29 July 1752, Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 January 1809, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne CHANDONNET 27 June 1774 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Anne GAUVREAU (b.6 October 1755, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1818, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Paul ELLIOTT dit JULIEN 5 November 1782 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude GAUVREAU married

Geneviève VERRET-- Date: 19 November 1764 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève VERRET was the child of Jacques-Francois VERRET and Geneviève TESSIER

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1720 Birth
21 September 1720
Québec, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Claude GAUVREAU and Madeleine FLUET 10 February 1744 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 23 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Louis GAUVREAU was born 16 July 1749, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 28 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Claude GAUVREAU was born 29 July 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 31 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAUVREAU was born 6 October 1755, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 35 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Claude GAUVREAU and Geneviève VERRET 19 November 1764 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 44 years old.