Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE)

(b. 7 September 1735 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 6 October 1798 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) was born 7 September 1735 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) was the child of Jacques-Jean GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Catherine FOISY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Antoinette-Anne CHARRON (maternal) Martin FOISY and Madeleine BEAUDOIN

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

Basile married Marguerite BISSONNETTE 19 January 1761 in Varennes, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BISSONNETTE was born 3 March 1736 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite died 17 March 1834 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite was the child of Michel BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Catherine LUSSIER.

Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) died 6 October 1798 in Verchères, 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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Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) married

Marguerite BISSONNETTE-- Date: 19 January 1761 Place: Varennes, Canada
Marguerite BISSONNETTE was the child of Michel BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Catherine LUSSIER

Children of Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marguerite BISSONNETTE:

Pierre-Ambroise GOYETTE (b.6 April 1762, Saint-Sulpice, Canada d. , )
m. Charlotte GUILLET 16 February 1784 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph-Marie GOYETTE (b.10 September 1765, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 April 1826, Iberville, Lower Canada )
m. Cecile-Scholastique BERARD 13 February 1797 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1735 Birth
7 September 1735
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Basile GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marguerite BISSONNETTE 19 January 1761 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 25 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Pierre-Ambroise GOYETTE was born 6 April 1762, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Basile was 26 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie GOYETTE was born 10 September 1765, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Basile was 30 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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Ambroise GOYETTE married 16 February 1784, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Charlotte GUILLET

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
Joseph-Marie GOYETTE married 13 February 1797, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Cecile-Scholastique BERARD