Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE

(b. 9 September 1714 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1787 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE was born 9 September 1714 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE was the child of Jean VEILLETTE dit LAPLANTE and Catherine LARIOU dite LAFANTAISIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LARIOU dit LAFANTAISIE and Catherine MONGEAU

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

Gervais-Marie married Marie-Francoise MORAND 21 August 1741 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Francoise MORAND was born 14 December 1719 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Francoise died 4 July 1768 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Francoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOIS.

Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE died 15 May 1787 in Batiscan, 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-Marie VEILLETTE married

Marie-Francoise MORAND-- Date: 21 August 1741 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Marie-Francoise MORAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORAND dit GRIMARD and Elisabeth DUBOIS

Children of Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE and Marie-Francoise MORAND:

Francoise VEILLETTE (b.19 August 1742, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1829, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jacques TOURNELLE dit FRANCOEUR 12 January 1767 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1714 Birth
9 September 1714
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1741 Marriage / Partner
Gervais-Marie VEILLETTE and Marie-Francoise MORAND 21 August 1741, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 26 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Francoise VEILLETTE was born 19 August 1742, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Gervais-Marie was 27 years old.

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Francoise VEILLETTE married 12 January 1767, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Jacques TOURNELLE dit FRANCOEUR

1768 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Francoise MORAND died 4 July 1768, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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.