Pierre GOUPIL

(b. 9 July 1743 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1816 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GOUPIL was born 9 July 1743 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Pierre GOUPIL was the child of Joseph GOUPIL and Françoise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Jeanne GABOURY (maternal) Andre BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Françoise GUILLEMET

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

Pierre married Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL 27 January 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL was born 23 October 1737 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marie-Elisabeth died 10 August 1778 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Guillaume GRAVEL and Marie-Françoise BRISSON.

Pierre GOUPIL died 3 January 1816 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Pierre GOUPIL married

Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL-- Date: 27 January 1766 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL was the child of Guillaume GRAVEL and Marie-Françoise BRISSON

Children of Pierre GOUPIL and Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL:

Marie GOUPIL (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 July 1810, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)

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1743 Birth
9 July 1743
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GOUPIL and Marie-Elisabeth GRAVEL 27 January 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.