Public ancestral research archive
Gabriel Gosselin
Recorded facts
- Birth (as printed): 1621 lead
- Death (as printed): 1697 lead
- Marriage recorded in booklet: Married 18 August 1653 at Québec to Françoise Lelièvre, then 4 October 1677 at Sainte-Famille to Louise Guillot. lead
- Research caution: Reported native of Combray, Calvados, Normandy, France. Historical article reports presence in New France no later than 13 February 1651, possible arrival 1649; 12 children across two marriages. lead
- Noteworthy category: Pioneer lead
- Historical story headline: The Île d’Orléans pioneer honoured by a historic plaque lead
- Historical story: Gabriel Gosselin migrated from Normandy to New France and became an early settler of Île d’Orléans. In 1979 a family association installed a plaque in Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans honouring him, his two wives Françoise Lelièvre and Louise Guillot, and their twelve children. Québec’s official heritage register records the commemorative plaque. lead
- Evidence and cautions: Strong public heritage evidence for the commemoration; historical details still rely on period family reconstructions. This is the Gabriel Gosselin of c.1621–1697, not the younger Gabriel Gosselin born c.1695. lead
- Story display priority: 100 lead
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Supporting sources
- Famille Gosselin printed genealogy — IMG_4033.mov at 00:30–00:39
- Famille Gosselin genealogy, filmed in IMG_4033.mov, 00:06-00:30
- Famille Gosselin genealogy, filmed in IMG_4033.mov, 00:06-00:09
- Famille Gosselin genealogy, filmed in IMG_4033.mov, 00:06-00:09
- Québec cultural heritage registry — Gabriel Gosselin commemorative plaque (1979) — Source document