Aubin GAMACHE

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1 March 1748 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Died

21 November 1838 , Napierville, Lower Canada

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Pierre GAMACHE Marie-Geneviève BELANGER

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Born: 1 March 1748 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre GAMACHE

Mother: Marie-Geneviève BELANGER

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas GAMACHE , Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François BELANGER , Geneviève THIBAULT

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Aubin married Thérèse SYLVESTRE 13 February 1775 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse SYLVESTRE was born 18 December 1746 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Thérèse died 2 January 1817 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Thérèse was the child of Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Geneviève ROUSSIN.

Aubin GAMACHE died 21 November 1838 in Napierville, 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 SYLVESTRE
Marriage date: 13 February 1775
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse SYLVESTRE was the child of Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Geneviève ROUSSIN

Children of Aubin GAMACHE and Thérèse SYLVESTRE

Genevieve GAMACHE

Born: abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Georges ST-ANTOINE 8 October 1798 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Thérèse GAMACHE

Born: 25 March 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre CYR 18 February 1805 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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Birth — 1748
1 March 1748
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Aubin GAMACHE and Thérèse SYLVESTRE 13 February 1775, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 26 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse GAMACHE was born 25 March 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Aubin was 37 years old.

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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Genevieve GAMACHE married 8 October 1798, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Georges ST-ANTOINE

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse GAMACHE married 18 February 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Pierre CYR

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)