Josephte CHEVAL

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 May 1824 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Josephte CHEVAL was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Josephte CHEVAL was the child of Pierre-François CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Josephe ARCHAMBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques Joseph CHEVAL and Marie-Renne COUSINEAU (maternal) Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Agathe-Marie FORGET

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Josephte married Benjamin GERVAIS 31 January 1780 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin GERVAIS was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Benjamin was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Madeleine LANGLOIS.

Josephte CHEVAL died 22 May 1824 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Josephte CHEVAL married

Benjamin GERVAIS-- Date: 31 January 1780 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Benjamin GERVAIS was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Madeleine LANGLOIS

Children of Benjamin GERVAIS and Josephte CHEVAL:

Michel GERVAIS (b.14 September 1787, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 November 1878, Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada )
m. Françoise GUERTIN 26 January 1818 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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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.