Laurent GOSSELIN

Born

13 August 1761 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada

Died

3 November 1835 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Laurent GOSSELIN Marie-Louise-Ursule COTE

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Born: 13 August 1761 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada

Father: Laurent GOSSELIN

Mother: Marie-Louise-Ursule COTE

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel GOSSELIN , Marguerite COUTURE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste COTE , Marie-Louise BOUFFARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Laurent married Marie-Pelagie RACINE 18 November 1783 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Pelagie RACINE was born 10 February 1765 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Pelagie died 26 May 1806 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Pelagie was the child of Charles RACINE and Pelagie GAGNON.

Laurent GOSSELIN died 3 November 1835 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Laurent GOSSELIN

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Laurent GOSSELIN married

Marie-Pelagie RACINE
Marriage date: 18 November 1783
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Pelagie RACINE was the child of Charles RACINE and Pelagie GAGNON

Children of Laurent GOSSELIN and Marie-Pelagie RACINE

Laurent GOSSELIN

Born: 9 February 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 April 1858, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East

Married: Josephte FOURNIER 19 October 1812 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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Birth — 1761
13 August 1761
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Laurent GOSSELIN and Marie-Pelagie RACINE 18 November 1783, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Laurent GOSSELIN was born 9 February 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Laurent was 25 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Pelagie RACINE died 26 May 1806, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1812 Marriage of Child
Laurent GOSSELIN married 19 October 1812, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Josephte FOURNIER

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.

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

Death — 1835
3 November 1835
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 74.

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