Gabriel-Basile married Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT
2 February 1758
in Kamouraska, Canada, New France
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The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT
was born
25 January 1734
in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France .
Marie-Veronique died
10 March 1816
in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
Marie-Veronique was the child of Jean-Baptiste MIGNAULT dit LABRIE and Marie-Anne DUBE.
Gabriel-Basile OUELLET died
24 June 1809
in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
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Birth — 1724 11 September 1724 La Pocatière, Canada, New France
1758 Marriage / Partner Gabriel-Basile OUELLET and Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT 2 February 1758, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)
He was 33 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.
1768 Birth of Child Modeste OUELLET was born 5 April 1768, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
Gabriel-Basile was 43 years old.
1773 Birth of Child Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 4 September 1773, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
Gabriel-Basile was 49 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.
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Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT
Birth — 1724
1758 Marriage / Partner
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.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
Death — 1809
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