Joseph GAUVIN

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24 September 1755 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Died

14 July 1820 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Jacques-Roch GAUVIN Marguerite CASTONGUAY

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Born: 24 September 1755 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques-Roch GAUVIN

Mother: Marguerite CASTONGUAY

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GAUVIN , Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GUAY (CASTONGUAY) , Angélique MORIN

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Joseph married Marie-Marthe PELLETIER 15 June 1781 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marthe PELLETIER was born 29 May 1745 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marthe died 21 May 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marthe was the child of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Marthe BRISSON.

Joseph GAUVIN died 14 July 1820 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Marie-Marthe PELLETIER
Marriage date: 15 June 1781
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marthe PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Marthe BRISSON

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Birth — 1755
24 September 1755
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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.