Jean-François GOUSSE

(b. 7 October 1739 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1796 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François GOUSSE was born 7 October 1739 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Jean-François GOUSSE was the child of Jean GOURCE (GOUSSE) and Veronique DUQUET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT)

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

Jean-François married Marguerite BOULET 4 October 1762 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marguerite BOULET was born 28 November 1741 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marguerite died 24 September 1808 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Marguerite was the child of Pierre BOULAY and Catherine ALBERT.

Jean-François GOUSSE died 7 December 1796 in Saint-Vallier, 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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Jean-François GOUSSE married

Marguerite BOULET-- Date: 4 October 1762 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada
Marguerite BOULET was the child of Pierre BOULAY and Catherine ALBERT

Children of Jean-François GOUSSE and Marguerite BOULET:

Marie-Catherine GOUSSE (b.abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 November 1815, Beauceville, Lower Canada )

Marguerite GOUSSE (b.17 October 1764, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 February 1848, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East)

Jean GOUSSE (b.4 July 1766, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1837, Beauceville, Lower Canada )

Joseph GOUSSE (b.19 March 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 September 1835, Québec, Lower Canada )

Angelique GOUSSE (b.2 November 1771, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 February 1829, Beauceville, Lower Canada )

Louis GOUSSE (b.7 June 1775, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 July 1834, Québec, Lower Canada )

Marie-Louise GOUSSE (b.23 March 1778, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 September 1811, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)

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1739 Birth
7 October 1739
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François GOUSSE and Marguerite BOULET 4 October 1762, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marguerite GOUSSE was born 17 October 1764, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 25 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Jean GOUSSE was born 4 July 1766, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 26 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph GOUSSE was born 19 March 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 29 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Angelique GOUSSE was born 2 November 1771, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 32 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Louis GOUSSE was born 7 June 1775, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-François was 35 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.