Thérèse LACROIX

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26 August 1736 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

20 May 1811 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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Pierre LACROIX Jeanne BARRETTE

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Born: 26 August 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre LACROIX

Mother: Jeanne BARRETTE

Paternal grandparents: François-Normand LACROIX , Anne GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: François BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) , Geneviève CLOUTIER

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Thérèse married Joseph GOSSELIN 21 November 1757 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOSSELIN was born 13 April 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 3 July 1811 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of François GOSSELIN and Angelique NOEL.

Thérèse LACROIX died 20 May 1811 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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Thérèse LACROIX married

Joseph GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 21 November 1757
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Joseph GOSSELIN was the child of François GOSSELIN and Angelique NOEL

Children of Joseph GOSSELIN and Thérèse LACROIX

Joseph GOSSELIN

Born: 27 May 1766, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 August 1855, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne RICHARD 17 November 1789 Place: Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1736
26 August 1736
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse LACROIX and Joseph GOSSELIN 21 November 1757, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 21 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph GOSSELIN was born 27 May 1766, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Thérèse was 29 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.