Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER

(b. 6 July 1720 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 3 October 1765 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER was born 6 July 1720 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER was the child of Étienne GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne-Jeanne CELLE (DECELLES) dite DUCLOS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GAUTHIER and Elisabeth-Ursule DENEVERS (maternal) Gabriel-Lambert CELLE (DECELLES) dit DUCLOS and Anne MESSIER dite ST-MICHEL

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Étienne-Gabriel married Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 17 February 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 5 June 1724 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES.

Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER died 3 October 1765 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER married

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 17 February 1749 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES

Children of Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX:

Etienne GAUTHIER (b.7 March 1750, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1826, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Therese DUPUIS 7 January 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Charlotte GAUTHIER (b.8 July 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre MARQUET dit PERIGORD 3 November 1778 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER (b.16 August 1756, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine SIMONEAU 2 February 1778 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1720 Birth
6 July 1720
Varennes, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 17 February 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Etienne GAUTHIER was born 7 March 1750, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Étienne-Gabriel was 29 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Charlotte GAUTHIER was born 8 July 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Étienne-Gabriel was 33 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 16 August 1756, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Étienne-Gabriel was 36 years old.

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.