Pierre GAUVREAU

(b. 15 January 1715 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1785 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre GAUVREAU was born 15 January 1715 in Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre GAUVREAU was the child of Etienne GAUVREAU and Marguerite-Françoise LEGRIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Adrien LEGRIS and Marie-Françoise BRANCHE

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Pierre married Marie-Anne DEGUISE 22 August 1735 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne DEGUISE was born 27 March 1718 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne died 16 April 1800 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne was the child of Gerard-Guillaume DEGUISE dit FLAMAND and Marie-Anne ROUILLARD.

Pierre GAUVREAU died 10 December 1785 in Québec, 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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Pierre GAUVREAU married

Marie-Anne DEGUISE-- Date: 22 August 1735 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne DEGUISE was the child of Gerard-Guillaume DEGUISE dit FLAMAND and Marie-Anne ROUILLARD

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Children of Pierre GAUVREAU and Marie-Anne DEGUISE:

Marie-Anne GAUVREAU (b.21 July 1737, Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1807, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Andre MCCLURE 25 October 1756 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU (b.26 December 1750, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1822, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite PARENT 10 October 1774 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1715 Birth
15 January 1715
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAUVREAU and Marie-Anne DEGUISE 22 August 1735, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 20 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAUVREAU was born 21 July 1737, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU was born 26 December 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre was 35 years old.

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GAUVREAU married 25 October 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Andre MCCLURE

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU married 10 October 1774, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite PARENT

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.