Madeleine GAUTHIER

Born

14 June 1765 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 August 1856 , Drummondville, Canada East

Parents & Family of Madeleine GAUTHIER

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Born: 14 June 1765 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Madeleine GAUTHIER

Father

Gabriel GAUTHIER

Mother

Madeleine JOYAL

Grandparents of Madeleine GAUTHIER

Paternal grandparents

Étienne GAUTHIER Marie-Anne-Jeanne CELLE (DECELLES) dite DUCLOS

Maternal grandparents

Jean JOYAL Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

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

Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) 26 October 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) was born 2 December 1755 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste-Louis died 22 May 1835 in Drummondville, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste-Louis was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ.

Madeleine GAUTHIER died 19 August 1856 in Drummondville, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine GAUTHIER

Madeleine GAUTHIER married

Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)
Marriage date: 26 October 1790
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) and Madeleine GAUTHIER

Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS)

Born: 20 August 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1870, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON 3 March 1812 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS

Born: 7 May 1793, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francoise LANOUE 9 September 1816 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1765
14 June 1765
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAUTHIER and Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) 26 October 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 25 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Birth of Child
Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) was born 20 August 1791, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Madeleine was 26 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS was born 7 May 1793, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Madeleine was 27 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage of Child
Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) married 3 March 1812, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada to Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON

1816 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS married 9 September 1816, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Francoise LANOUE

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Louis DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) died 22 May 1835, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

Death — 1856
19 August 1856
Drummondville, Canada East
She died at the age of 91.

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