Gervais FOUCHER

(b. 21 March 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1789 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gervais FOUCHER was born 21 March 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Gervais FOUCHER was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais-Francois FOUCHER and Élisabeth GERBERT (maternal) Pierre GENDRON and Marie THIBIERGE (THIVIERGE)

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Gervais married Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC 18 January 1773 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC was born 9 April 1754 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Thérèse died 6 January 1835 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Thérèse was the child of François PETITCLERC and Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE.

Gervais FOUCHER died 28 October 1789 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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Gervais FOUCHER married

Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC-- Date: 18 January 1773 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC was the child of François PETITCLERC and Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE

Children of Gervais FOUCHER and Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC:

Marie-Reine FOUCHER (b.4 August 1781, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Paul PAYANT 4 July 1808 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1745 Birth
21 March 1745
Sainte-Famille-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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Gervais FOUCHER and Marie-Thérèse PETITCLERC 18 January 1773, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 27 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.