Joseph GAUDREAU

Born

28 October 1749 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Died

22 February 1815 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Jacques GAUDREAU Madeleine DESBIENS

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Born: 28 October 1749 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques GAUDREAU

Mother: Madeleine DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: Gilles-Gabriel GAUDREAU , Elisabeth DOMINGO

Maternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Joseph married Pelagie DUFOUR 1 August 1774 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pelagie DUFOUR was born 22 March 1751 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Pelagie died 12 July 1826 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pelagie was the child of Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY.

Joseph GAUDREAU died 22 February 1815 in La Malbaie, 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
Marriage date: 1 August 1774
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Pelagie DUFOUR was the child of Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY

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 — 1749
28 October 1749
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
Joseph GAUDREAU and Pelagie DUFOUR 1 August 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 24 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)

Joseph was 39 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