Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU

(b. 11 July 1724 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1787 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU was born 11 July 1724 in Québec, Canada, New France

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

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte BRUNET 27 September 1751 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte BRUNET was born 18 September 1728 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Josephte died 14 February 1810 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean BRUNET and Marguerite DUBOIS.

Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU died 28 July 1787 in Sainte-Rose, 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 GAUVREAU married

Marie-Josephte BRUNET-- Date: 27 September 1751 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte BRUNET was the child of Jean BRUNET and Marguerite DUBOIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU and Marie-Josephte BRUNET:

Geneviève GAUVREAU (b.18 April 1765, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine PERRAULT (PERREAULT) 20 October 1783 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1724 Birth
11 July 1724
Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU and Marie-Josephte BRUNET 27 September 1751 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 27 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Geneviève GAUVREAU was born 18 April 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAUVREAU married 20 October 1783, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Antoine PERRAULT (PERREAULT)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)