Gabriel FORGET

(b. 30 July 1741 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1821 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel FORGET was born 30 July 1741 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Gabriel FORGET was the child of Gabriel FORGET and Marie-Renee MENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FORGET dit DESPATITS and Jeanne BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) (maternal) Louis MENARD and Marie-Anne FEVRIER

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

Gabriel married Thérèse TESSIER 10 January 1763 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse TESSIER was born 10 November 1737 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Thérèse was the child of Paul TESSIER and Madeleine FAVREAU.

Gabriel FORGET died 18 October 1821 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada.

m. Tessier Therese

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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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Gabriel FORGET married

Thérèse TESSIER-- Date: 10 January 1763 Place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse TESSIER was the child of Paul TESSIER and Madeleine FAVREAU

Children of Gabriel FORGET and Thérèse TESSIER:

Thérèse FORGET (b.27 March 1764, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1814, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Augustin ALARIE 11 August 1782 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1741 Birth
30 July 1741
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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

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 / Partner
Gabriel FORGET and Thérèse TESSIER 10 January 1763, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 21 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Thérèse FORGET was born 27 March 1764, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Gabriel was 22 years old.

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.