Louis SAINDON

Born

abt. 1741 , Acadia, Canada

Died

2 January 1819 , Cacouna, Lower Canada

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Michel SAINDON Marie Yvette GODIN

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Born: abt. 1741 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Michel SAINDON

Mother: Marie Yvette GODIN

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel GODIN dit CHATILLON , Andree-Angelique JEANNE dite ROBERT

Louis 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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Louis married Madeleine THIBODEAU 23 August 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine THIBODEAU was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 21 August 1824 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Madeleine was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU and Madeleine CORMIER.

Louis SAINDON died 2 January 1819 in Cacouna, 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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Louis SAINDON married

Madeleine THIBODEAU
Marriage date: 23 August 1764
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Madeleine THIBODEAU was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU and Madeleine CORMIER

Children of Louis SAINDON and Madeleine THIBODEAU

Louis SAINDON

Born: 30 March 1765, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 November 1843, Cacouna, Canada East

Married: Genevieve CÔTÉ 17 November 1794 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louis SAINDON and Madeleine THIBODEAU 23 August 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1765 Birth of Child
Louis SAINDON was born 30 March 1765, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Louis SAINDON married 17 November 1794, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Genevieve CÔTÉ

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

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.