Thérèse GERVAIS

Born

13 February 1768 , La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 May 1827 , St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph-Louis GERVAIS Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU

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Born: 13 February 1768 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis GERVAIS

Mother: Marie-Anne-Therese ROCHEREAU

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph GERVAIS , Marie-Josephe GENDRON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Alexis ROCHEREAU , Catherine HERBECQ

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Thérèse married Joseph DESPRES 6 October 1788 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DESPRES was born 21 October 1759 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . Joseph was the child of Joseph DESPRES dit LORANGER and Marie-Josephe LEROUX.

Thérèse GERVAIS died 3 May 1827 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Canada.
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Thérèse GERVAIS married

Joseph DESPRES
Marriage date: 6 October 1788
Marriage place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph DESPRES was the child of Joseph DESPRES dit LORANGER and Marie-Josephe LEROUX

Children of Joseph DESPRES and Thérèse GERVAIS

Elisabeth DESPRES

Born: abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste VASSEUR dit BELISLE

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1768
13 February 1768
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse GERVAIS and Joseph DESPRES 6 October 1788, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 20 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)

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