Genealogy Thomas » John Louis Gervais (1741-1798)

Personal data John Louis Gervais 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born in the year 1741 in Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.Source 1
  • He died on August 18, 1798 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, he was 57 years old.

Household of John Louis Gervais

He is married to Mary Sinclair.

They got married on September 7, 1773 at Charleston, South Carolina, he was 32 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Paul Trapier Gervais  1785-1856 
  2. ??  
  3. Claudia Butler Gervais  1774-1876 


Notes about John Louis Gervais

Judge Gervais's father, John Lewis Gervais, was born in France, but left during the times of religious persecution. John Lewis was a military man in England. Since he came to South Carolina before the American Revolution, he served as a colonel in the American army during the Revolution. His son, Paul T., was an Episcopal minister. Paul's daughter married a man named Robinson, and their daughter Susan married William Bell.
RIN: MH:N705

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Louis Gervais

John Louis Gervais
1741-1798

1773

Mary Sinclair
1750-1806

Paul Trapier Gervais
1785-1856
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Claudia Butler Gervais
1774-1876

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Day of marriage September 7, 1773

  • The temperature on September 7, 1773 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of death August 18, 1798

  • The temperature on August 18, 1798 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 4 » Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
    • July 14 » The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
    • August 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
    • August 27 » Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
    • August 31 » Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
    • September 10 » At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.


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