Catherine TOURNOIS

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26 April 1691 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

7 February 1765 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TOURNOIS Marguerite BENOIT

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Born: 26 April 1691 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste TOURNOIS

Mother: Marguerite BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS , Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET

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Catherine married André GAUTHIER 11 August 1712 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
André GAUTHIER was born 25 April 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. André died 9 August 1730 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). André was the child of Joseph-Elie GAUTHIER and Marguerite-Marie MOITIE.

Catherine married (2) Joseph DAVID 9 January 1733 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Joseph DAVID was born 17 October 1695 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph died 10 March 1763 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Joseph was the child of Jacques DAVID and Catherine LUSSIER.

Catherine TOURNOIS died 7 February 1765 in Terrebonne, 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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Spouse & Children of Catherine TOURNOIS

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Catherine TOURNOIS married

André GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 11 August 1712
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
André GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph-Elie GAUTHIER and Marguerite-Marie MOITIE

Children of André GAUTHIER and Catherine TOURNOIS

Jacques GAUTHIER

Born: 27 April 1713, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 26 August 1802, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Rose COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE 6 February 1739 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Married: Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE 12 January 1761 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Marie-Cunegonde GAUTHIER

Born: 6 August 1714, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 3 May 1740, Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine LEVREAU 8 November 1735 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Married: Eustache ALLARD dit BARILLET 22 June 1739 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Joseph GAUTHIER

Born: 22 September 1716, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 8 December 1778, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Marguerite MIMAUX (MIMEAU) February 1741 Place: Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Catherine TOURNOIS married

Joseph DAVID
Marriage date: 9 January 1733
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Joseph DAVID was the child of Jacques DAVID and Catherine LUSSIER

Children of Joseph DAVID and Catherine TOURNOIS

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Birth — 1691
26 April 1691
Montréal, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Catherine TOURNOIS and André GAUTHIER 11 August 1712, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 21 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Jacques GAUTHIER was born 27 April 1713, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 22 years old.

1714 Birth of Child
Marie-Cunegonde GAUTHIER was born 6 August 1714, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 22 September 1716, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Death of Spouse/Partner
André GAUTHIER died 9 August 1730, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1733 Marriage / Partner
Catherine TOURNOIS and Joseph DAVID 9 January 1733, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 41 years old.

1735 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cunegonde GAUTHIER married 8 November 1735, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Antoine LEVREAU

1739 Marriage of Child
Jacques GAUTHIER married 6 February 1739, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Marie-Rose COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

1739 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cunegonde GAUTHIER married 22 June 1739, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Eustache ALLARD dit BARILLET

1740 Death of Child
Marie-Cunegonde GAUTHIER died 3 May 1740, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Catherine was 49 years old.

1741 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER married February 1741, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Marie-Marguerite MIMAUX (MIMEAU)

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Jacques GAUTHIER married 12 January 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Marguerite GODARD dite LAPOINTE

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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph DAVID died 10 March 1763, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Death — 1765
7 February 1765
Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 73.

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