Michel-Arsene GAMACHE

(b. 6 January 1721 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 26 November 1776 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Michel-Arsene GAMACHE was born 6 January 1721 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Michel-Arsene GAMACHE was the child of Louis GAMACHE and Angélique MIVILLE dite DESCHENES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER (maternal) François MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Marie LANGLOIS

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

Michel-Arsene married Francoise FOURNIER 18 November 1742 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise FOURNIER was born 1 January 1721 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Francoise died 16 November 1762 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Francoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS.

Michel-Arsene GAMACHE died 26 November 1776 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Michel-Arsene GAMACHE married

Francoise FOURNIER-- Date: 18 November 1742 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Francoise FOURNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS

Children of Michel-Arsene GAMACHE and Francoise FOURNIER:

Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE (b.3 April 1746, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 9 March 1799, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre BLANCHET 16 January 1767 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1721 Birth
6 January 1721
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Michel-Arsene GAMACHE and Francoise FOURNIER 18 November 1742, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE was born 3 April 1746, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Michel-Arsene was 25 years old.

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

1762 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise FOURNIER died 16 November 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE married 16 January 1767, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Pierre BLANCHET

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.