Marie Madeleine GAUDET

Born

abt. 1746 , Acadia, Canada

Died

24 March 1787 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Marie Madeleine GAUDET

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Born: abt. 1746 in Acadia, Canada

Parents of Marie Madeleine GAUDET

Father

Claude GAUDET

Mother

Marie Madeleine GIROUARD

Grandparents of Marie Madeleine GAUDET

Paternal grandparents

Claude GAUDET Marguerite BELOU

Maternal grandparents

Germain GIROUARD Marie DOUCET

Marie Madeleine 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie Madeleine married Joseph CYR 19 November 1764 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CYR was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada. Joseph died 27 December 1801 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER.

Marie Madeleine GAUDET died 24 March 1787 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, 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

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie Madeleine GAUDET

Marie Madeleine GAUDET married

Joseph CYR
Marriage date: 19 November 1764
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph CYR was the child of Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER

Children of Joseph CYR and Marie Madeleine GAUDET

Marguerite CYR

Born: 17 October 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 21 January 1854, Napierville, Canada East

Married: Pierre HEBERT 15 June 1789 Place: L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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)

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie Madeleine GAUDET and Joseph CYR 19 November 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1771 Birth of Child
Marguerite CYR was born 17 October 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.