Pelagie DUFOUR

Born

22 March 1751 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Died

12 July 1826 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Gabriel DUFOUR Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Born: 22 March 1751 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Father: Gabriel DUFOUR

Mother: Geneviève TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR , Louise GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier TREMBLAY , Marie-Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Pelagie married Joseph GAUDREAU 1 August 1774 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph GAUDREAU was born 28 October 1749 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Joseph died 22 February 1815 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Madeleine DESBIENS.

Pelagie DUFOUR died 12 July 1826 in Québec, 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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Pelagie DUFOUR married

Joseph GAUDREAU
Marriage date: 1 August 1774
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph GAUDREAU was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Madeleine DESBIENS

Children of Joseph GAUDREAU and Pelagie DUFOUR

Joseph-Benoit GAUDREAU

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 December 1837, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Angele TREMBLAY 6 November 1810 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Scholastique GAUDREAU

Born: 8 August 1789, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 July 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East

Married: Alexis SIMARD 7 January 1806 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Chrysostome TREMBLAY 28 October 1821 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1751
22 March 1751
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie DUFOUR and Joseph GAUDREAU 1 August 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 23 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Scholastique GAUDREAU was born 8 August 1789, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Pelagie was 38 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Scholastique GAUDREAU married 7 January 1806, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Alexis SIMARD

1810 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Benoit GAUDREAU married 6 November 1810, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Angele TREMBLAY

1815 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GAUDREAU died 22 February 1815, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Scholastique GAUDREAU married 28 October 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Chrysostome TREMBLAY

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

Death — 1826
12 July 1826
Québec, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 75.