Augustin GAUDREAU

Born

16 September 1800 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

27 September 1877 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Francois GAUDREAU Anne MCNICOLL

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Born: 16 September 1800 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Francois GAUDREAU

Mother: Anne MCNICOLL

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GAUDREAU , Madeleine DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Duncan MCNICOLL , Catherine NICOLAS

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Augustin married Marie VILLENEUVE 7 November 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie VILLENEUVE was born 20 March 1808 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 7 August 1893 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE.

Augustin GAUDREAU died 27 September 1877 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Augustin GAUDREAU married

Marie VILLENEUVE
Marriage date: 7 November 1826
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE

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Children of Augustin GAUDREAU and Marie VILLENEUVE

Adelaide GAUDREAU

Born: abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 May 1909, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges MUNGER 15 September 1851 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Alexis GAUDREAU

Born: 11 August 1831, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Aphrodise MARTEL 24 April 1854 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1800
16 September 1800
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Augustin GAUDREAU and Marie VILLENEUVE 7 November 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Alexis GAUDREAU was born 11 August 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Augustin was 30 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GAUDREAU married 15 September 1851, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Georges MUNGER

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Alexis GAUDREAU married 24 April 1854, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Aphrodise MARTEL

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.