François-Etienne NADEAU

Born

11 February 1727 , Beaumont, Canada, New France

Died

1 September 1803 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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Antoine NADEAU Marguerite TURGEON

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Born: 11 February 1727 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine NADEAU

Mother: Marguerite TURGEON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste NADEAU , Anne CASSE (LACASSE)

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie TURGEON , Elisabeth LEROY

François-Etienne had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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François-Etienne married Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU 22 January 1748 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU was born 28 March 1732 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève died 18 April 1811 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Joseph MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Marie-Anne BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS.

François-Etienne NADEAU died 1 September 1803 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada.
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Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU
Marriage date: 22 January 1748
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU was the child of Joseph MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Marie-Anne BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS

Children of François-Etienne NADEAU and Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU

Geneviève NADEAU

Born: 4 March 1751, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 3 October 1784, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Alexis DOYON 22 February 1773 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Joseph NADEAU

Born: 11 April 1752, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 20 August 1827, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Married: Angelique LESSARD 30 September 1766 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Etienne NADEAU

Born: 16 April 1755, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1840, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE 12 October 1778 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Brigitte NADEAU

Born: 28 February 1758, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 15 June 1825, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques-Louis PARENT 30 September 1776 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Catherine NADEAU

Born: 28 October 1765, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 April 1828, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Married: Claude DOYON 25 February 1794 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Alexis NADEAU

Born: 29 March 1775, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 May 1854, St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Genevieve LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE 29 September 1795 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1727
11 February 1727
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
François-Etienne NADEAU and Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU 22 January 1748, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Geneviève NADEAU was born 4 March 1751, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

François-Etienne was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph NADEAU was born 11 April 1752, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

François-Etienne was 25 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Etienne NADEAU was born 16 April 1755, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

François-Etienne was 28 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Brigitte NADEAU was born 28 February 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

François-Etienne was 31 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Catherine NADEAU was born 28 October 1765, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

François-Etienne was 38 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Joseph NADEAU married 30 September 1766, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Angelique LESSARD

1773 Marriage of Child
Geneviève NADEAU married 22 February 1773, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Jean-Alexis DOYON

Revolutionary War
NADEAU, FRANCOIS ETIENNE
Ancestor #: A211627
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 2-11-1727 CANADA
Death: 9-1-1803 ST JOSEPH DE BEAUCE LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AM INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 61, 62, 63, 64
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID, 1776

RESIDENCE
1) City: ST JOSEPH DE BEAUCE - County: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE GENEVIEVE MARTINEAU
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Revolutionary War
NADEAU-MUNIER,Francois, pere. Ste—Marie-de-Beauce. One of the worst subjects: handed over the Seigneur Taschereau’s stores to the Americans without opposition (BTW).
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1775 Birth of Child
Jean-Alexis NADEAU was born 29 March 1775, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

François-Etienne was 48 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Brigitte NADEAU married 30 September 1776, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Jacques-Louis PARENT

1778 Marriage of Child
Etienne NADEAU married 12 October 1778, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Marguerite LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Child
Geneviève NADEAU died 3 October 1784, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

François-Etienne was 57 years old.

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
Catherine NADEAU married 25 February 1794, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Claude DOYON

1795 Marriage of Child
Jean-Alexis NADEAU married 29 September 1795, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Marie-Genevieve LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

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

Death — 1803
1 September 1803
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 76.

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