Charles GAUDET

Born

8 September 1716 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

21 December 1794 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Claude GAUDET Marguerite BELOU

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Born: 8 September 1716 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Claude GAUDET

Mother: Marguerite BELOU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GAUDET , Anne BLANCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BELOU , Marie GIROUARD

Charles 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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Charles married Marie CORMIER abt. 1739 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie CORMIER was born abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie died 13 December 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR.

Charles GAUDET died 21 December 1794 in Bécancour, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Charles GAUDET

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Charles GAUDET married

Marie CORMIER
Marriage date: abt. 1739
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie CORMIER was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR

Children of Charles GAUDET and Marie CORMIER

Francois GAUDET

Born: 11 January 1743, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 2 May 1810, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Francoise POISSON 1 February 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles GAUDET

Born: abt. 1751, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 10 August 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Marguerite PHANEUF 1 February 1773 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1716
8 September 1716
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1743 Birth of Child
Francois GAUDET was born 11 January 1743, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Charles was 26 years old.

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

1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie CORMIER died 13 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Charles GAUDET married 1 February 1773, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Marguerite PHANEUF

1773 Marriage of Child
Francois GAUDET married 1 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Francoise POISSON

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.