HELP! Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Francois  GAUDET

  (b. 11 January 1743 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 2 May 1810 Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada )  

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Francois GAUDET was born 11 January 1743 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Francois GAUDET was the child of Charles GAUDET   and   Marie CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude GAUDET and Marguerite BELOU (maternal)  Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR

Francois was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


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Francois  married  Marie-Francoise POISSON 1 February 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children. Marie-Francoise POISSON  was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie-Francoise died 12 April 1794 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Marie-Francoise was the child of Pierre-Antoine POISSON and Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY.

Francois GAUDET died 2 May 1810 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada .
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birth1743 Birth
11 January 1743
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
marriage1773 Marriage / Partner
Francois GAUDET and Marie-Francoise POISSON 1 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 30 years old.
News1775 - 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.
1778 Birth of Child
Marie GAUDET was born 20 October 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Francois was 35 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GAUDET was born 28 May 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Francois was 49 years old.
1794 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Francoise POISSON died 12 April 1794, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
marriage1799 Marriage of Child
Marie GAUDET married 1 April 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE
death1810 Death
2 May 1810
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 11/20/2017 2:49:30 PM - Updated: 3/20/2020 1:39:16 PM
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