Marguerite GAUVIN

(b. 4 March 1728 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1797 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite GAUVIN was born 4 March 1728 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marguerite GAUVIN was the child of Étienne GAUVIN and Marie-Jeanne FISET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAUVIN and Anne MAGNAN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FISET and Marie-Renee BEZEAU

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Marguerite married Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE 22 August 1752 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was born 19 July 1716 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Thérèse GILBERT.

Marguerite married (2) Joseph CHATIGNY abt. 1765 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CHATIGNY was born 29 December 1718 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 9 July 1808 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Angélique MARTIN.

Marguerite GAUVIN died 27 April 1797 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marguerite GAUVIN married

Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE-- Date: 22 August 1752 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was the child of Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Thérèse GILBERT

Children of Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marguerite GAUVIN:

Marguerite GAUVIN married

Joseph CHATIGNY-- Date: abt. 1765 Place:
Joseph CHATIGNY was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Angélique MARTIN

Children of Joseph CHATIGNY and Marguerite GAUVIN:

Jean-Marie CHATIGNY (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise DUBEAU 13 January 1800 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
4 March 1728
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GAUVIN and Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE 22 August 1752, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 24 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.

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.