Louise GAMACHE

Born

8 August 1716 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

16 June 1782 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Augustin GAMACHE Louise CARON

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Born: 8 August 1716 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin GAMACHE

Mother: Louise CARON

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas GAMACHE , Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CARON , Marie-Michelle BERNIER

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Louise married Louis LEMIEUX 22 November 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis LEMIEUX was born 8 March 1707 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis died 20 December 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN.

Louise GAMACHE died 16 June 1782 in L'Islet, 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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Louise GAMACHE married

Louis LEMIEUX
Marriage date: 22 November 1734
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Louis LEMIEUX was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

Children of Louis LEMIEUX and Louise GAMACHE

Ignace LEMIEUX

Born: 31 July 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Geneviève BERNIER 28 October 1761 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis LEMIEUX

Born: 17 June 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 28 June 1826, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite BLANCHET 20 January 1779 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX

Born: 26 April 1743, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 17 September 1832, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND 10 April 1763 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1716
8 August 1716
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Louise GAMACHE and Louis LEMIEUX 22 November 1734, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 18 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Ignace LEMIEUX was born 31 July 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Louis LEMIEUX was born 17 June 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 24 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX was born 26 April 1743, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 26 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Ignace LEMIEUX married 28 October 1761 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Geneviève BERNIER

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 Marriage of Child
Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX married 10 April 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND

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.