Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT)

Born

10 October 1736 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

14 March 1820 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Pierre BREAU (BRAULT)Marie MELANSON

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Born: 10 October 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre BREAU (BRAULT)

Mother: Marie MELANSON

Paternal grandparents: Jean BREAU (BRAULT) , Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE

Maternal grandparents: Jean MELANSON , Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES

Marie Josephte 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 Josephte married Charles LANOUE abt. 1759 in Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Charles LANOUE was born 18 October 1728 in Port Royal, Acadia . Charles died 19 June 1803 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Charles was the child of Joseph LANOUE and Marguerite BELLIVEAU.

Marie Josephte married (2) Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 7 January 1805 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born abt. 1725 in Acadia, Canada. Antoine died 29 March 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Antoine was the child of Joseph BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Jeanne Françoise COMEAU.

Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) died 14 March 1820 in L'Acadie, 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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Spouse & Children of Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT)

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Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) married

Charles LANOUE
Marriage date: abt. 1759
Marriage place: , Crown Colony of Connecticut
Charles LANOUE was the child of Joseph LANOUE and Marguerite BELLIVEAU

Marriage notes:

Married Marie Josephe BREAU b: 1736

Married: 1759 in Connecticut

marriage also recorded 6 September 1772, Laprairie, Quebec

Children of Charles LANOUE and Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT)

Charles LANOUE

Born: abt. 1762, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite GALARNEAU 22 September 1794 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

Marguerite LANOUE

Born: abt. 1764,
Died: ,

Married: Joseph BOUDREAU 26 January 1784 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Francois LANOUE

Born: 13 May 1769, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Giselle FAVREAU 22 September 1800 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Marie LANOUE

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 May 1847, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

Married: Antoine BOULAY 20 September 1802 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Louis LANOUE

Born: 7 July 1775, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 16 June 1858, La Prairie, Canada East

Married: Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT 6 November 1797 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) married

Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Marriage date: 7 January 1805
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of Joseph BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Jeanne Françoise COMEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT)

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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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Birth — 1736
10 October 1736
Port Royal, Acadia

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 Birth of Child
Francois LANOUE was born 13 May 1769, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie Josephte was 32 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Louis LANOUE was born 7 July 1775, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie Josephte was 38 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LANOUE married 26 January 1784, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph BOUDREAU

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Charles LANOUE married 22 September 1794, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Marguerite GALARNEAU

1797 Marriage of Child
Louis LANOUE married 6 November 1797, , Québec Province, Canada to Marie-Josephe SURPRENANT

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Francois LANOUE married 22 September 1800, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Giselle FAVREAU

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie LANOUE married 20 September 1802, , Québec Province, Canada to Antoine BOULAY

1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles LANOUE died 19 June 1803, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephte BREAU (BRAULT) and Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 7 January 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 68 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.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died 29 March 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Death — 1820
14 March 1820
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 83.

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