Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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abt. 1705 , Acadia, Canada

Died

19 May 1799 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)Marie CORPORON

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Born: abt. 1705 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Mother: Marie CORPORON

Paternal grandparents: Michel BOUDROT , Michelle AUCOIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean CORPORON , Françoise SAVOIE

Catherine was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine married Jean Baptiste TRAHAN abt. 1732 in Pisiquit, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was born abt. 1706 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean Baptiste died 14 February 1758 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Jean Baptiste was the child of Alexandre TRAHAN and Marie PELLERIN.

Catherine married (2) François GIROUARD 3 November 1762 in Québec, Canada . François GIROUARD was born abt. 1710 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). François died 30 May 1790 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François was the child of Germain GIROUARD and Jeanne BARIAU (BÉRIAULT).

Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died 19 May 1799 in Québec, Lower 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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Spouse & Children of Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN
Marriage date: abt. 1732
Marriage place: Pisiquit, Acadia
Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was the child of Alexandre TRAHAN and Marie PELLERIN

Marriage notes:

Catherine Boudrot married Jean Baptiste Trahan, son of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin, circa 1732 at Pisiquit.

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1539.

Children of Jean Baptiste TRAHAN and Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Madeleine TRAHAN

Born: abt. 1729, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 20 March 1808, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph Philippe DESCHAMPS 12 February 1753 Place: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Monique TRAHAN

Born: abt. 1736, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 25 February 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre PINET 7 January 1756 Place: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN

Born: abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 5 October 1818, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre CYR 27 October 1760 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Pierre-Élie TRAHAN

Born: abt. 1745, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Madeleine BRUN 14 August 1769 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN

Born: 10 December 1754, Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Died: ,

Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) married

François GIROUARD
Marriage date: 3 November 1762
Marriage place: Québec, Canada
François GIROUARD was the child of Germain GIROUARD and Jeanne BARIAU (BÉRIAULT)

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Catherine Boudrot married Francois Girouard, son of Germain Girouard and Jeanne Barrieau, on 3 November 1762

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 727.

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Madeleine TRAHAN married 12 February 1753, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Joseph Philippe DESCHAMPS

1754 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was born 10 December 1754, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

1756 Marriage of Child
Monique TRAHAN married 7 January 1756, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Pierre PINET

1758 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean Baptiste TRAHAN died 14 February 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1758 Death of Child
Monique TRAHAN died 25 February 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1760 Marriage of Child
Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN married 27 October 1760, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Pierre CYR

1762 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and François GIROUARD 3 November 1762, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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
Pierre-Élie TRAHAN married 14 August 1769, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie Madeleine BRUN

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.