Ignace GOSSELIN

(b. 28 April 1722 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 26 December 1798 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada )

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Ignace GOSSELIN was born 28 April 1722 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Ignace GOSSELIN was the child of Guillaume GOSSELIN and Geneviève GRAVEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Marie-Anne RATTÉ (maternal) Joseph GRAVEL and Marie BELANGER

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

Ignace married Claire THIBAULT 29 January 1748 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire THIBAULT was born 25 February 1732 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Claire was the child of Antoine THIBAULT and Helene GARIEPY.

Ignace GOSSELIN died 26 December 1798 in Château-Richer, 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
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Ignace GOSSELIN married

Claire THIBAULT-- Date: 29 January 1748 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Claire THIBAULT was the child of Antoine THIBAULT and Helene GARIEPY

Children of Ignace GOSSELIN and Claire THIBAULT:

Judith GOSSELIN (b.30 April 1756, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1846, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East )
m. Augustin GAGNON 13 July 1778 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1722 Birth
28 April 1722
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Ignace GOSSELIN and Claire THIBAULT 29 January 1748, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 25 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Birth of Child
Judith GOSSELIN was born 30 April 1756, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Ignace was 34 years old.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Judith GOSSELIN married 13 July 1778, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Augustin GAGNON

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)