Etienne GAUTHIER

Born

7 March 1750 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

31 July 1826 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

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Born: 7 March 1750 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER

Mother: Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Paternal grandparents: Étienne GAUTHIER , Marie-Anne-Jeanne CELLE (DECELLES) dite DUCLOS

Maternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine DESROCHES

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Etienne married Therese DUPUIS 7 January 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese DUPUIS was born 7 April 1750 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Therese died 14 July 1836 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Therese was the child of Jean-François DUPUIS and Thérèse MARQUET.

Etienne GAUTHIER died 31 July 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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.

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Therese DUPUIS
Marriage date: 7 January 1771
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese DUPUIS was the child of Jean-François DUPUIS and Thérèse MARQUET

Children of Etienne GAUTHIER and Therese DUPUIS

Josephe GAUTHIER

Born: 29 January 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 July 1830, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine BENOIT 20 August 1804 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1750
7 March 1750
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Etienne GAUTHIER and Therese DUPUIS 7 January 1771, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1784 Birth of Child
Josephe GAUTHIER was born 29 January 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Etienne was 33 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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Josephe GAUTHIER married 20 August 1804, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine BENOIT

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)