Augustin GINGRAS

(b. 10 August 1715 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 29 December 1785 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Augustin GINGRAS was born 10 August 1715 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Augustin GINGRAS was the child of Mathieu GINGRAS and Marie-Helene CONSTANTINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GINGRAS and Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) (maternal) Pierre CONSTANTINEAU and Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS

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Augustin married Felicite MOISAN 29 February 1740 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Felicite MOISAN was born 29 July 1715 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Felicite died 12 April 1790 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Etienne MOISAN and Anne-Felicite BONHOMME.

Augustin GINGRAS died 29 December 1785 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Augustin GINGRAS married

Felicite MOISAN-- Date: 29 February 1740 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada, New France
Felicite MOISAN was the child of Etienne MOISAN and Anne-Felicite BONHOMME

Children of Augustin GINGRAS and Felicite MOISAN:

Augustin GINGRAS (b.29 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1810, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Felicite GINGRAS (b.8 April 1742, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1792, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Charles RACETTE 8 April 1771 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Charles GINGRAS (b.1 January 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1824, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Etienne GINGRAS (b.24 February 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. abt. 1822, Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Madeleine AMIOT 15 February 1768 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Pierre GINGRAS (b.8 July 1746, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1810, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)

Michel GINGRAS (b.4 December 1750, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. , )

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1715 Birth
10 August 1715
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Augustin GINGRAS and Felicite MOISAN 29 February 1740, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

He was 24 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Augustin GINGRAS was born 29 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 25 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Felicite GINGRAS was born 8 April 1742, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 26 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Charles GINGRAS was born 1 January 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 28 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Etienne GINGRAS was born 24 February 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 29 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Pierre GINGRAS was born 8 July 1746, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 30 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Michel GINGRAS was born 4 December 1750, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 35 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Etienne GINGRAS married 15 February 1768, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine AMIOT

1771 Marriage of Child
Felicite GINGRAS married 8 April 1771, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Charles RACETTE

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.