Louis-Marie GAUDREAU

Born

1 July 1770 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 August 1837 , St-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU Reine-Ursule GAMACHE

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Born: 1 July 1770 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU

Mother: Reine-Ursule GAMACHE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAUDREAU , Madeleine-Charlotte ROUSSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean GAMACHE , Elisabeth BAZIN

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Louis-Marie married Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX 24 June 1793 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 16 March 1754 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 7 February 1802 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Louise CROTEAU.

Louis-Marie GAUDREAU died 12 August 1837 in St-Sylvestre, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Louis-Marie GAUDREAU married

Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX
Marriage date: 24 June 1793
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Louise CROTEAU

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Birth — 1770
1 July 1770
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Marie GAUDREAU and Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX 24 June 1793, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 22 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX died 7 February 1802, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England