flag male ancestor  Joseph  GRAVEL

  (b. 1 July 1815 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 5 March 1886 Laterrière, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph GRAVEL was born 1 July 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Joseph GRAVEL was the child of Joseph GRAVEL   and   Marie-Luce MCNICOLL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph GRAVEL and Genevieve CAOUETTE (maternal)  Agapit MCNICOLL and Angelique DALLAIRE (ALLAIRE)

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Joseph  married  Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) 27 May 1839 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)  was born 16 September 1819 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Alexandrine died 21 February 1895 in Saint-Louis-de-Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada.  Alexandrine was the child of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER.

Joseph GRAVEL died 5 March 1886 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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birth1815 Birth
1 July 1815
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) 27 May 1839, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 23 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GRAVEL was born 9 October 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Joseph was 29 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1877 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GRAVEL married 6 February 1877, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Alexandre TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
5 March 1886
Laterrière, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.
Added: 9/11/2024 11:00:28 AM - Updated: 9/11/2024 11:02:59 AM

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