Madeleine GAUVREAU

Born

6 September 1779 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 December 1851 , Québec, Canada East

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Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU Marguerite PARENT

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Born: 6 September 1779 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne-Francois GAUVREAU

Mother: Marguerite PARENT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GAUVREAU , Marie-Anne DEGUISE

Maternal grandparents: Adrien PARENT , Marguerite MAILLOUX

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Madeleine married Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON 31 May 1802 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON was born 13 April 1768 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre-Guillaume died 11 June 1837 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre-Guillaume was the child of Daniel WILLIAMSON and Marguerite ROY dite AUDY.

Madeleine GAUVREAU died 1 December 1851 in Québec, Canada East .
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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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Madeleine GAUVREAU married

Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON
Marriage date: 31 May 1802
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON was the child of Daniel WILLIAMSON and Marguerite ROY dite AUDY

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Pierre DONALDSON

Born: 30 August 1806, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 21 January 1890, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Adele NERON 26 October 1847 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1779
6 September 1779
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAUVREAU and Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON 31 May 1802, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 22 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Pierre DONALDSON was born 30 August 1806, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Madeleine was 26 years old.

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)

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

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

1837 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Guillaume DONALDSON died 11 June 1837, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Pierre DONALDSON married 26 October 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Adele NERON

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

Death — 1851
1 December 1851
Québec, Canada East
She died at the age of 72.

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