Gabriel PAQUET

(b. 24 March 1749 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1780 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel PAQUET was born 24 March 1749 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Gabriel PAQUET was the child of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Judith LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve PAULET (maternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Gabriel married Angelique GONTHIER 23 November 1773 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angelique GONTHIER was born 20 August 1754 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Angelique died 2 December 1835 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Angelique was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE).

Gabriel PAQUET died 19 December 1780 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Gonthier Angelique

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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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Gabriel PAQUET married

Angelique GONTHIER-- Date: 23 November 1773 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique GONTHIER was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Gabriel PAQUET and Angelique GONTHIER:

Francois PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 September 1841, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East )

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.21 September 1776, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 September 1838, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

Marie PAQUET (b.abt. 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Angelique PAQUET (b.abt. 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 January 1795, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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1749 Birth
24 March 1749
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel PAQUET and Angelique GONTHIER 23 November 1773 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 21 September 1776, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 27 years old.