Jean GOSSELIN

Born

18 October 1747 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

19 August 1801 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Jean married Genevieve GODBOUT 11 April 1774 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve GODBOUT was born 28 December 1746 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Genevieve died 8 August 1781 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . Genevieve was the child of Jean GODBOUT and Marie-Françoise POULIOT (POUILLOT) .

Parents & Family of Jean GOSSELIN

Parents of Jean GOSSELIN

Father

Gabriel GOSSELIN

Mother

Marguerite COUTURE

Grandparents of Jean GOSSELIN

Paternal grandparents

Ignace GOSSELIN Marie-Anne RATTÉ

Maternal grandparents

Guillaume COUTURE Nicole BOUFFARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean GOSSELIN

Jean GOSSELIN married

Genevieve GODBOUT
Marriage date: 11 April 1774
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve GODBOUT was the child of Jean GODBOUT and Marie-Françoise POULIOT (POUILLOT)

Children of Jean GOSSELIN and Genevieve GODBOUT

Genevieve GOSSELIN

Born: 3 November 1777, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois POULIOT 6 February 1797 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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

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Birth — 1747
18 October 1747
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Jean GOSSELIN and Genevieve GODBOUT 11 April 1774, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.