Bonaventure GAUDET

Born

7 June 1742 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

18 June 1816 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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Born: 7 June 1742 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE

Mother: Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Bernard GAUDET , Jeanne Elizabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Charles BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) , Marie MELANSON

Bonaventure 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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Bonaventure married Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS 28 September 1767 American Colonies . Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS was born 27 November 1741 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Modeste died 24 August 1820 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie Modeste was the child of Guillaume BOURGEOIS and Anne HEBERT.

Bonaventure GAUDET died 18 June 1816 in Saint-Jacques, 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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Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS
Marriage date: 28 September 1767
Marriage place: American Colonies
Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS was the child of Guillaume BOURGEOIS and Anne HEBERT

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Birth — 1742
7 June 1742
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Bonaventure GAUDET and Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS 28 September 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

He was 25 years old.

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.