Gabriel QUEVILLON

Born

13 October 1822 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Died

25 January 1902 , Ste-Adèle, Quebec, Canada

Gabriel married Martine GUETHIER 21 November 1843 in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martine GUETHIER was born 5 May 1825 in Laval, Lower Canada . Martine died 26 April 1859 in Ste-Adèle, Quebec, Canada. Martine was the child of François GUETHIER and Marie-Louise SAURIOL .

Parents & Family of Gabriel QUEVILLON

Parents of Gabriel QUEVILLON

Father

François QUEVILLON

Mother

Marguerite FOISY

Grandparents of Gabriel QUEVILLON

Paternal grandparents

François-Marie QUEVILLON Marie-Reine LEGUERRIER

Maternal grandparents

François FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE Thérèse DUVIVIER

photo/ portrait (above) from ancestry.com

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gabriel QUEVILLON

Gabriel QUEVILLON married

Martine GUETHIER
Marriage date: 21 November 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Jérôme, Canada East
Martine GUETHIER was the child of François GUETHIER and Marie-Louise SAURIOL

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gabriel QUEVILLON and Martine GUETHIER

Gabriel COUVION

Born: 20 January 1850, Saint-Jérôme, Canada East
Died: 27 April 1913, Marquette, Michigan, USA

Married: Marie Tharsile GAUTHIER 7 April 1874

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Gabriel's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Gabriel QUEVILLON.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Gabriel QUEVILLON.

How to read this timeline
Records about Gabriel QUEVILLON and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1822
13 October 1822
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel QUEVILLON and Martine GUETHIER 21 November 1843, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

He was 21 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Gabriel COUVION was born 20 January 1850, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

Gabriel was 27 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martine GUETHIER died 26 April 1859, Ste-Adèle, Quebec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.