Marie Josephe COMEAU

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abt. 1736 , Acadia, Canada

Died

20 December 1796 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste COMEAU Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE

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Born: abt. 1736 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste COMEAU

Mother: Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE

Paternal grandparents: Abraham COMEAU , Marguerite PITRE

Maternal grandparents: François Xavier SAVOIE , Marie Josephe RICHARD

Marie Josephe 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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Marie Josephe married Joseph GAUDET 22 January 1759 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GAUDET was born abt. 1733 in Acadia, Canada. Joseph was the child of Jean Baptiste GAUDET and Marie DOUCET.

Marie Josephe COMEAU died 20 December 1796 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Marie Josephe COMEAU married

Joseph GAUDET
Marriage date: 22 January 1759
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph GAUDET was the child of Jean Baptiste GAUDET and Marie DOUCET

Children of Joseph GAUDET and Marie Josephe COMEAU

Marguerite-Judith GAUDET

Born: 9 February 1762, Nicolet, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Firmin ORION dit CHAMPAGNE 1 August 1785 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe COMEAU and Joseph GAUDET 22 January 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1762 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Judith GAUDET was born 9 February 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 - 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.