Francoise GAUDET

Born

abt. 1740 , Acadia, Canada

Died

12 August 1810 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste GAUDET Marie DOUCET

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Born: abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste GAUDET

Mother: Marie DOUCET

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GAUDET , Cecile MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Louis DOUCET , Marguerite GIROUARD

Francoise 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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Francoise married Jean Baptiste ORION 21 September 1762 in Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste ORION was born 10 September 1738 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean Baptiste died 5 November 1807 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jean Baptiste was the child of Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Anne Jeanne RICHARD.

Francoise GAUDET died 12 August 1810 in Nicolet, 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
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Francoise GAUDET married

Jean Baptiste ORION
Marriage date: 21 September 1762
Marriage place: Nicolet, Canada
Jean Baptiste ORION was the child of Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Anne Jeanne RICHARD

Children of Jean Baptiste ORION and Francoise GAUDET

Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 20 November 1775, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 December 1847, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Antoinette CLOUTIER 11 January 1808 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Francoise GAUDET and Jean Baptiste ORION 21 September 1762, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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.

1775 Birth of Child
Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE was born 20 November 1775, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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.