Joseph-Simon GRAVEL

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30 December 1760 , Château-Richer, Canada

Died

18 July 1838 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada

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Ignace GRAVEL Agnes GAGNON

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Joseph-Simon GRAVEL was born 30 December 1760 in Château-Richer, Canada

Joseph-Simon GRAVEL was the child of Ignace GRAVEL and Agnes GAGNON

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GRAVEL and Angélique THIBAULT (maternal) Joseph GAGNON and Agnes CARON

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Joseph-Simon married Genevieve CASAULT 5 November 1787 in Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CASAULT was born 26 February 1769 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Genevieve died 22 July 1841 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Genevieve was the child of Joseph CASAULT and Marie-Cecile BELANGER.

Joseph-Simon GRAVEL died 18 July 1838 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada .
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Joseph-Simon GRAVEL married

Genevieve CASAULT
Marriage date: 5 November 1787
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve CASAULT was the child of Joseph CASAULT and Marie-Cecile BELANGER

Children of Joseph-Simon GRAVEL and Genevieve CASAULT

Ignace GRAVEL

Born: 6 November 1794, Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Euphrosine-Christine FILION 23 November 1819 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1760 Birth
30 December 1760
Château-Richer, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Simon GRAVEL and Genevieve CASAULT 5 November 1787, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Ignace GRAVEL was born 6 November 1794, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Joseph-Simon was 33 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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Ignace GRAVEL married 23 November 1819, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Euphrosine-Christine FILION

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec