Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL

(b. 3 February 1740 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1815 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL was born 3 February 1740 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL and Charlotte FORCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOISSEL and Angélique-Marguerite SALOIS (maternal) Joseph-Antoine FORCIER and Gertrude JOYAL

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Marie-Gertrude married Jean-Baptiste LACHAPELLE dit TRÉPIAL 22 February 1762 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Jean-Baptiste LACHAPELLE dit TRÉPIAL was born abt. 1722 in France. Jean-Baptiste died 11 January 1783 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.

Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL died 25 October 1815 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL

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Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL married

Jean-Baptiste LACHAPELLE dit TRÉPIAL-- Date: 22 February 1762 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada

Children of Jean-Baptiste LACHAPELLE dit TRÉPIAL and Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL:

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph LACHAPELLE (b.10 November 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada d. 11 January 1835, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite CARTIER 9 February 1795 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

François LACHAPELLE (b.31 October 1770, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite PINARD dite LAUZIÈRE 13 November 1797 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
3 February 1740
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Gertrude BOISSEL and Jean-Baptiste LACHAPELLE dit TRÉPIAL 22 February 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph LACHAPELLE was born 10 November 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Gertrude was 22 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.

1770 Birth of Child
François LACHAPELLE was born 31 October 1770, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Gertrude was 30 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.