Julien GAUDREAU

Born

17 August 1806 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

17 July 1885 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU Marie-Françoise LAPORTE

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Born: 17 August 1806 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU

Mother: Marie-Françoise LAPORTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAUDREAU , Marie-Scholastique PROULX

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES , Marie-Louise COULON

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Julien married Marie-Celeste GIRARD 8 February 1831 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste GIRARD was born 13 September 1813 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Celeste died 10 September 1865 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Marie-Celeste was the child of Michel GIRARD and Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS.

Julien GAUDREAU died 17 July 1885 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, 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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Julien GAUDREAU married

Marie-Celeste GIRARD
Marriage date: 8 February 1831
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Celeste GIRARD was the child of Michel GIRARD and Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

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Children of Julien GAUDREAU and Marie-Celeste GIRARD

Octave GAUDREAU

Born: 13 June 1839, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1925, Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada

Married: Adelaide TRAHAN 20 January 1858 Place: Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1806
17 August 1806
L'Acadie, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Julien GAUDREAU and Marie-Celeste GIRARD 8 February 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 24 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Octave GAUDREAU was born 13 June 1839, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Julien was 32 years old.

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)

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

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

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 Marriage of Child
Octave GAUDREAU married 20 January 1858, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada to Adelaide TRAHAN

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Celeste GIRARD died 10 September 1865, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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.