François GAUTHIER

(b. 23 June 1754 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1822 , St-Stanislas-de-Champlain, Quebec, Canada )

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François GAUTHIER was born 23 June 1754 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

François GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Josephte COSSETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY (maternal) François COSSETTE and Françoise-Marguerite THIFFAULT

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

François married Charlotte CHAMARD 26 January 1776 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte CHAMARD was born 20 February 1744 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Charlotte died 23 March 1817 in St-Stanislas-de-Champlain, Quebec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Michel CHAMARD and Marie-Louise DUSSAULT.

François GAUTHIER died 2 January 1822 in St-Stanislas-de-Champlain, Quebec, 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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François GAUTHIER married

Charlotte CHAMARD-- Date: 26 January 1776 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte CHAMARD was the child of Michel CHAMARD and Marie-Louise DUSSAULT

Children of François GAUTHIER and Charlotte CHAMARD:

Geneviève GAUTHIER (b.abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 March 1847, La-Pérade, Canada East )
m. Benjamin LANDRY 16 January 1804 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1754 Birth
23 June 1754
Batiscan, 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
François GAUTHIER and Charlotte CHAMARD 26 January 1776, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAUTHIER married 16 January 1804, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Benjamin LANDRY

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)