Joseph GAUDREAU

Born

24 March 1715 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Died

9 August 1789 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU Geneviève BERNIER

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Born: 24 March 1715 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU

Mother: Geneviève BERNIER

Paternal grandparents: Jean GAUDREAU , Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BERNIER , Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

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Joseph married Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU 26 November 1744 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU was born 4 March 1712 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Madeleine-Charlotte died 14 December 1755 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Madeleine-Charlotte was the child of Martin ROUSSEAU and Elisabeth THIBAULT.

Joseph married (2) Elisabeth BAZIN 4 February 1758 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . Elisabeth BAZIN was born 16 January 1710 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 16 May 1795 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Elisabeth was the child of François BAZIN and Françoise CADRIN (CATRIN).

Joseph GAUDREAU died 9 August 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Joseph GAUDREAU married

Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU
Marriage date: 26 November 1744
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU was the child of Martin ROUSSEAU and Elisabeth THIBAULT

Children of Joseph GAUDREAU and Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU

Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU

Born: abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 October 1812, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Reine-Ursule GAMACHE 8 May 1769 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph GAUDREAU married

Elisabeth BAZIN
Marriage date: 4 February 1758
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Elisabeth BAZIN was the child of François BAZIN and Françoise CADRIN (CATRIN)

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Birth — 1715
24 March 1715
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUDREAU and Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU 26 November 1744 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 29 years old.

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU died 14 December 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

1758 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUDREAU and Elisabeth BAZIN 4 February 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 42 years old.

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU married 8 May 1769, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Reine-Ursule GAMACHE

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.