Joseph GAUDREAU

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8 April 1749 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

5 October 1812 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAUDREAU Ursule CHOUINARD

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Born: 8 April 1749 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GAUDREAU

Mother: Ursule CHOUINARD

Paternal grandparents: Charles GAUDREAU , Madeleine THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Eustache CHOUINARD , Marie-Madeleine BERUBE

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Joseph married Marie-Scholastique PROULX 22 May 1769 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Scholastique PROULX was born 10 December 1739 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Scholastique died 19 March 1825 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marie-Scholastique was the child of Joseph PROULX and Angélique LABERGE.

Joseph GAUDREAU died 5 October 1812 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Marie-Scholastique PROULX
Marriage date: 22 May 1769
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Scholastique PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Angélique LABERGE

Children of Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie-Scholastique PROULX

Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU

Born: 15 August 1770, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Françoise LAPORTE 22 July 1793 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Charles GAUDREAU

Born: 5 December 1771, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 February 1855, L'Acadie, Canada East

Married: Geneviève BOURASSA 21 November 1803 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Scholastique GAUDREAU

Born: 26 July 1777, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 April 1822, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph Marie DUPUIS 8 February 1796 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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Birth — 1749
8 April 1749
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie-Scholastique PROULX 22 May 1769, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 20 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU was born 15 August 1770, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 21 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Charles GAUDREAU was born 5 December 1771, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 22 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Scholastique GAUDREAU was born 26 July 1777, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU married 22 July 1793, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie-Françoise LAPORTE

1796 Marriage of Child
Scholastique GAUDREAU married 8 February 1796, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Joseph Marie DUPUIS

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage of Child
Charles GAUDREAU married 21 November 1803, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Geneviève BOURASSA