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 )

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Catherine GOSSELIN was born 4 October 1742 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Catherine GOSSELIN was the child of Ignace GOSSELIN and Catherine ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Marguerite GODBOUT (maternal) Antoine ROUSSEAU and Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

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

Catherine married Joseph-Marie THERRIEN 21 November 1768 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie THERRIEN was born 8 March 1739 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Joseph-Marie died 17 November 1794 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Joseph-Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie THERRIEN and Marie-Josephte THIVIERGE.

Catherine GOSSELIN died 23 June 1824 in Saint-Jean-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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Catherine GOSSELIN married

Joseph-Marie THERRIEN-- Date: 21 November 1768 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie THERRIEN was the child of Joseph-Marie THERRIEN and Marie-Josephte THIVIERGE

Children of Joseph-Marie THERRIEN and Catherine GOSSELIN:

Joseph THERRIEN (b.14 October 1769, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1825, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Domithilde DROUIN 7 February 1802 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
4 October 1742
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Catherine GOSSELIN and Joseph-Marie THERRIEN 21 November 1768, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 26 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph THERRIEN was born 14 October 1769, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Catherine was 27 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.