Antoine GAUTHIER

(b. 3 February 1756 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1811 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Antoine GAUTHIER was born 3 February 1756 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Antoine GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Josephte COSSETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY (maternal) François COSSETTE and Françoise-Marguerite THIFFAULT

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

Antoine married Marie-Josette MATHON 12 July 1779 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josette MATHON was born 19 July 1756 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Josette died 18 September 1812 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Josette was the child of Joseph MATHON and Marie-Josephe ARBOUR.

Antoine GAUTHIER died 3 June 1811 in Batiscan, 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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Antoine GAUTHIER married

Marie-Josette MATHON-- Date: 12 July 1779 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josette MATHON was the child of Joseph MATHON and Marie-Josephe ARBOUR

Children of Antoine GAUTHIER and Marie-Josette MATHON:

Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER (b.26 August 1780, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 August 1845, Ste-Philomène, Quebec, Canada)
m. François LEFEBVRE 20 February 1797 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1756 Birth
3 February 1756
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER and Marie-Josette MATHON 12 July 1779, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 23 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER was born 26 August 1780, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Antoine was 24 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe GAUTHIER married 20 February 1797, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to François LEFEBVRE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)