Michel
GAMELIN
(b.
abt. 1640
,
France
d.
27 February 1677
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
)
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GAMELIN Genealogy
Michel GAMELIN was born abt. 1640 in France. Michel GAMELIN was the child of ? and ?
Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1661.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Marguerite CREVIER 10 October 1661 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Marguerite CREVIER was born abt. 1645 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. She died 7 June 1707 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Cote St-Michel). She was the daughter of Christophe CREVIER and Jeanne ENARD.
Michel GAMELIN died 27 February 1677 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .
Occupation: surgeon, colonizer, businessman
Born in Blois, France
Details of the family tree of Michel appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? In the mid 1800s, New France had a population of about 4 million. 1/ 2 were Catholic. 1/ 2 were...Read MORE...Canada: A People"s History (www.cbc.ca/ history/)
- Biography
GAMELAIN DE LA FONTAINE, MICHEL, surgeon, colonizer, businessman; b. in 1640 at Blois (France) if one is to believe the census of 1667; son of Michel Gamelain, a wine merchant, and Françoise Bellanger; d. c. 1676.
The first mention made of him goes back to 1661, the year of his marriage to Marguerite Crevier, the sister of Jean Crevier de Saint-François. Gamelain lived at Trois-Rivières and later at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, where he received a...Read MORE...
www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003 
Title Legends of Le Détroit Author James Valentine Campbell Edition 2 Publisher T. Nourse, 1883 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Jul 13, 2007 Length 317 pages Page 297
Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay Author Cyprien Tanguay Published 1871 Original from Oxford University Digitized Jun 9, 2006 Page 250
1661 Marriage / Partner
Michel GAMELIN and Marguerite CREVIER 10 October 1661, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)- 1666 Canadian Census Trois Rivieres
Michel Gamelin, 27
Marguerite Crevier, 24
Ignace, 3
Marguerite, 2
Richard, serviteur, 22
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882 
1677 Death
27 February 1677
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)
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