Jean Baptiste GAUDREAU

Born

abt. 1746 , Acadia, Canada

Died

17 March 1793 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Benoit GAUDREAU Josephte LABAUVE

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Born: abt. 1746 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Benoit GAUDREAU

Mother: Josephte LABAUVE

Paternal grandparents: Claude GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) , Marguerite LANDRY

Maternal grandparents: Louis LABAUVE , Anne LAVACHE

Jean Baptiste 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

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Jean Baptiste married Angélique FAGNAN 10 February 1766 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique FAGNAN was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada. Angélique died 21 April 1823 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. Angélique was the child of Joseph FAYE (FAGNAN) and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE.

Jean Baptiste GAUDREAU died 17 March 1793 in Berthierville, 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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Jean Baptiste GAUDREAU married

Angélique FAGNAN
Marriage date: 10 February 1766
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique FAGNAN was the child of Joseph FAYE (FAGNAN) and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE

Children of Jean Baptiste GAUDREAU and Angélique FAGNAN

Pierre GAUDREAU

Born: 9 August 1781, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 21 July 1842, Lanoraie, Canada East

Married: Marie-Françoise PILON 17 October 1808 Place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste GAUDREAU and Angélique FAGNAN 10 February 1766, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.