Joseph-Amable GRAVEL

(b. 22 October 1756 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1810 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable GRAVEL was born 22 October 1756 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable GRAVEL was the child of Joseph GRAVEL dit BRINEDLIERE and Marie-Anne VANDANDAIGUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL and Dorothee GRATTON (maternal) Claude VANDANDAIGUE and Marie BRIDEAU

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Joseph-Amable married Marie-Claire LEMAITRE dite LAMORILLE 17 January 1785 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Claire LEMAITRE dite LAMORILLE was born 14 September 1759 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Claire died 16 February 1836 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Claire was the child of François LEMAITRE dit LAMORILLE and Marie-Josephe LATOUR.

Joseph-Amable GRAVEL died 29 January 1810 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Lemaitre Marie-Claire

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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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Marie-Claire LEMAITRE dite LAMORILLE-- Date: 17 January 1785 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Claire LEMAITRE dite LAMORILLE was the child of François LEMAITRE dit LAMORILLE and Marie-Josephe LATOUR

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1756 Birth
22 October 1756
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

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.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable GRAVEL and Marie-Claire LEMAITRE dite LAMORILLE 17 January 1785, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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

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

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