Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER

(b. 25 January 1760 , Deschambault, Canada d. 5 March 1841 , Deschambault, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 25 January 1760 in Deschambault, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER and Ursule ARCAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit POITEVIN and Marguerite ARCAND (maternal) Joseph ARCAND dit BOURDELAIS and Marie Renee CHARTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève GROLEAU 27 September 1785 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GROLEAU was born 18 October 1756 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Geneviève died 10 January 1853 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Geneviève was the child of Pierre GROLEAU and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth MERCURE.

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER died 5 March 1841 in Deschambault, Canada East .
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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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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER married

Geneviève GROLEAU-- Date: 27 September 1785 Place: Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève GROLEAU was the child of Pierre GROLEAU and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth MERCURE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Geneviève GROLEAU:

Marie-Louise GAUTHIER (b.abt. 1796, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 September 1864, Deschambault, Canada East )
m. Pierre GAUTHIER 24 July 1821 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1760 Birth
25 January 1760
Deschambault, Canada

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.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Geneviève GROLEAU 27 September 1785, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 25 years old.

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

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

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

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GAUTHIER married 24 July 1821, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Pierre GAUTHIER

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)