Ignace GOSSELIN

(b. 17 February 1715 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1803 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Ignace GOSSELIN was born 17 February 1715 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Ignace GOSSELIN was the child of Ignace GOSSELIN and Marguerite GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Marie-Anne RATTÉ (maternal) Antoine GODBOUT and Marguerite LABRECQUE

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

Ignace married Catherine ROUSSEAU 24 November 1738 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine ROUSSEAU was born 20 January 1715 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 4 October 1796 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD.

Ignace GOSSELIN died 18 May 1803 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Ignace GOSSELIN married

Catherine ROUSSEAU-- Date: 24 November 1738 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Catherine ROUSSEAU was the child of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

Children of Ignace GOSSELIN and Catherine ROUSSEAU:

Ignace GOSSELIN (b.12 January 1741, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1776, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte SAVIGNAC 14 February 1763 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)
m. Angelique PLOUFFE 15 January 1776 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Catherine GOSSELIN (b.4 October 1742, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 23 June 1824, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie THERRIEN 21 November 1768 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Françoise GOSSELIN (b.5 September 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 June 1823, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie PLANTE 4 February 1771 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1715 Birth
17 February 1715
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Ignace GOSSELIN and Catherine ROUSSEAU 24 November 1738, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Ignace GOSSELIN was born 12 January 1741, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 25 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Catherine GOSSELIN was born 4 October 1742, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 27 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Françoise GOSSELIN was born 5 September 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 37 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Ignace GOSSELIN married 14 February 1763, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Josephte SAVIGNAC

1768 Marriage of Child
Catherine GOSSELIN married 21 November 1768, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Joseph-Marie THERRIEN

1771 Marriage of Child
Françoise GOSSELIN married 4 February 1771, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Marie PLANTE

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 Marriage of Child
Ignace GOSSELIN married 15 January 1776, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Angelique PLOUFFE