Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER

(b. 9 March 1734 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1806 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER was born 9 March 1734 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER was the child of Nicolas-Rene CHEVALIER and Madeleine LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (maternal) Julien LEBLANC and Anne-Louise VANIER

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Claude-Guillaume married Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) 22 April 1754 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) was born 24 June 1735 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 20 May 1805 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) and Marie-Anne DESNOUX.

Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER died 23 January 1806 in Québec, Lower Canada .

Occupation: Cabaretier

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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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Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER married

Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU)-- Date: 22 April 1754 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) was the child of Pierre LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) and Marie-Anne DESNOUX

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Children of Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER and Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU):

Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER (b.20 February 1754, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1828, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Therese POULIN 23 February 1778 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
9 March 1734
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER and Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) 22 April 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 20 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER was born 20 February 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude-Guillaume was 19 years old.

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.