Madeleine GAUDREAU

Born

abt. 1742 , Acadia, Canada

Died

19 May 1793 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Madeleine GAUDREAU

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Born: abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada

Parents of Madeleine GAUDREAU

Father

Benoit GAUDREAU

Mother

Josephte LABAUVE

Grandparents of Madeleine GAUDREAU

Paternal grandparents

Claude GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) Marguerite LANDRY

Maternal grandparents

Louis LABAUVE Anne LAVACHE

Madeleine 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):

Madeleine married Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 18 June 1765 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was born 28 February 1737 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Jean-Marie died 23 September 1794 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Jean-Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER.

Madeleine GAUDREAU died 19 May 1793 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine GAUDREAU

Madeleine GAUDREAU married

Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE
Marriage date: 18 June 1765
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER

Children of Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE and Madeleine GAUDREAU

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAUDREAU and Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 18 June 1765, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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.