Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU

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abt. 1788 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

7 September 1862 , Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Canada East

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André JORDAN (JOURDAIN)Ludivine RICHARD

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Born: abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: André JORDAN (JOURDAIN)

Mother: Ludivine RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: François RICHARD , Marie Geneviève DAVID

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Marie-Felicite married Gedeon BREAULT 1 August 1808 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Gedeon BREAULT was born 25 July 1787 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Gedeon died 13 February 1866 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Gedeon was the child of Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU.

Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU died 7 September 1862 in Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Missisquoi, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU married

Gedeon BREAULT
Marriage date: 1 August 1808
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Gedeon BREAULT was the child of Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU

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Children of Gedeon BREAULT and Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU

Edouard BRO (BRAULT)

Born: 4 January 1809, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 27 September 1854, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

Married: Catherine GUERIN 14 February 1831 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

Born: 20 February 1811, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 1 November 1856, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

Married: Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE) 19 November 1833 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO)

Born: April 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 May 1865, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Married: Archange BROSSEAU 31 January 1831 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Cloi BRO

Born: 9 March 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite BRO

Born: 29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 30 March 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT)

Born: 23 November 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 1 May 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste THIBODEAU 27 February 1843 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Mathilde BRO

Born: 22 November 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Emelie BREAULT (BRO)

Born: 17 May 1823, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Exuvie-Ludger HEBERT 3 November 1847 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Moise BRO

Born: abt. 1824, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Paschal BRO

Born: 19 July 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU and Gedeon BREAULT 1 August 1808, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU - 1808 marriage

1808 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1809 Birth of Child
Edouard BRO (BRAULT) was born 4 January 1809, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1811 Birth of Child
Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) was born 20 February 1811, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1813 Birth of Child
Cloi BRO was born 9 March 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1813 Birth of Child
Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) was born April 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1815 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRO was born 29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie-Mathilde BRO was born 22 November 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1818 Birth of Child
Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT) was born 23 November 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Emelie BREAULT (BRO) was born 17 May 1823, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Paschal BRO was born 19 July 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Narcisse Gedeon BREAULT (BRO) married 31 January 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Archange BROSSEAU

1831 Marriage of Child
Edouard BRO (BRAULT) married 14 February 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Catherine GUERIN

1833 Marriage of Child
Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) married 19 November 1833, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE)

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)

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Domithilde BREAULT (BRO) (BRAULT) married 27 February 1843, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Jean-Baptiste THIBODEAU

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Emelie BREAULT (BRO) married 3 November 1847, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Exuvie-Ludger HEBERT

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.