Gabriel LAFOND

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abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

8 April 1801 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX Gabrielle HOUDE

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Born: abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre LAFOND dit DESCÔTEAUX

Mother: Gabrielle HOUDE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAFOND , Marie-Jeanne LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX , Marie-Jeanne PETITCLERC

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Gabriel married Marie PROULX 16 January 1785 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie PROULX was born 7 September 1763 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie died 17 October 1836 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Catherine LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX SENNEVILLE.

Gabriel LAFOND died 8 April 1801 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Marie PROULX
Marriage date: 16 January 1785
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie PROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Catherine LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX SENNEVILLE

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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.