Jean GRAVEL

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13 February 1654 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

21 August 1699 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France

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Joseph-Mace GRAVEL dit BRINDELLIERE GRAVELLE Marguerite TAVERNIER

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Born: 13 February 1654 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Mace GRAVEL dit BRINDELLIERE GRAVELLE

Mother: Marguerite TAVERNIER

Maternal grandparents: Eloi TAVERNIER , Marguerite GAGNON

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Jean married Marie CLOUTIER 26 April 1684 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie CLOUTIER was born 13 May 1659 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . Marie died 3 November 1704 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France. Marie was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER) and Madeleine-Barbe AYMARD (EMARD).

Jean GRAVEL died 21 August 1699 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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Marie CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 26 April 1684
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

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Marie CLOUTIER was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER) and Madeleine-Barbe AYMARD (EMARD)

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groom's name: Jean Gravelle

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bride's name: Marie Cloustier

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marriage date: 26 Apr 1684

marriage place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec

groom's father's name: Joseph Gravelle

groom's mother's name: Marguerite Tavernier

bride's father's name: Zacharie Cloustier

bride's mother's name: Magdeleine Emard

groom's race: White

groom's marital status: Single

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bride's race: White

bride's marital status: Single

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indexing project (batch) number: M01734-5

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1018161

reference number: P 160

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Jan 2013), Jean Gravelle and Marie Cloustier, 26 Apr 1684; citing reference P 160, FHL microfilm 1018161.

Children of Jean GRAVEL and Marie CLOUTIER

Marie-Anne GRAVEL

Born: 17 May 1685, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 1 December 1710, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: René BOLDUC 8 February 1700 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Madeleine GRAVEL

Born: 20 August 1686, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Jean BOUCHER 3 November 1704 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite GRAVEL

Born: 14 August 1688, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 1 May 1720, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: François LABERGE 13 April 1711 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Geneviève GRAVEL

Born: abt. 1689, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean SIMARD 12 November 1714 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Dominique POULIN 14 March 1721 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Agnes GRAVEL

Born: abt. 1690, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 October 1733, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre THIBAULT 22 October 1709 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GRAVEL

Born: abt. 1691, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 6 September 1767, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Barbe CHARTRAND 30 October 1719 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Louise GRAVEL

Born: abt. 1699, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: ,

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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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Baptism

Jean Gravel
15 August 1654
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Birth — 1654
13 February 1654
Québec, Canada, New France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1684 Marriage / Partner
Jean GRAVEL and Marie CLOUTIER 26 April 1684 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 30 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GRAVEL was born 17 May 1685, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 31 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GRAVEL was born 20 August 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 32 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Marguerite GRAVEL was born 14 August 1688, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 34 years old.

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

Death

Name: Jean Gravelle
Gender: Male
burial date: 22 Aug 1699
burial Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
Death Date: 21 Aug 1699
death Place: Chateau Richer
Age: 45
Birth Date: 1654
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source Film Number: 1018161
reference number: P 203

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PB-R6B : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jean Gravelle, 21 Aug 1699; citing reference P 203, FHL microfilm 1018161.

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