Alexis GOSSELIN

Born

16 June 1750 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

11 October 1822 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Joseph GOSSELIN Marie-Françoise BLOUARD

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Born: 16 June 1750 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GOSSELIN

Mother: Marie-Françoise BLOUARD

Paternal grandparents: François GOSSELIN , Marie-Charlotte COTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BLOUARD , Marie-Anne ROBERGE

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Alexis married Marie-Josephte GAGNE 28 October 1776 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte GAGNE was born 2 December 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Josephte died 19 June 1821 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Rene GAGNE and Marie-Claire BERNIER.

Alexis GOSSELIN died 11 October 1822 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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-Josephte GAGNE
Marriage date: 28 October 1776
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte GAGNE was the child of Rene GAGNE and Marie-Claire BERNIER

Children of Alexis GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte GAGNE

Michel GOSSELIN

Born: 24 May 1793, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 18 August 1848, Saint-Henri, Canada East

Married: Rose BLOUIN 17 August 1818 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

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Birth — 1750
16 June 1750
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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Alexis GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte GAGNE 28 October 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 26 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)

1793 Birth of Child
Michel GOSSELIN was born 24 May 1793, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Alexis was 42 years old.

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

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Marriage of Child
Michel GOSSELIN married 17 August 1818, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Rose BLOUIN

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England