Joseph BREAU (BRAULT)

Born

abt. 1727 , Acadia, Canada

Died

19 May 1811 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Ambroise BREAU (BRAULT)Marie Anne MICHEL

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Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) was born abt. 1727 in Acadia, Canada

Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Ambroise BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie Anne MICHEL

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE (maternal) Jacques MICHEL dit ST-MICHEL and Catherine COMEAU

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph married Marie Blanche BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) abt. 1760 . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie Blanche BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born abt. 1739 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Blanche died abt. 1779 in New Brunswick, Canada. Marie Blanche was the child of Jean BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit LAMI and Agathe THIBODEAU.

Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) died 19 May 1811 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Family and Children of Joseph BREAU (BRAULT)

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Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) married

Marie Blanche BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)-- Date: abt. 1760 Place:
Marie Blanche BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of Jean BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit LAMI and Agathe THIBODEAU

Children of Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie Blanche BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Euphemie Anastasie BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1761, Pisiquit, Acadia d. July 1855, St Anseleme Westmorland New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Olivier BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 1779
m. Michel GAUVIN 1787

Agapit Firmin BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1764, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )

Marie Marthe BREAU (BRAULT) (b.28 August 1769, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 February 1849, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Charles "Charlitte" LEBLANC 1793

Helene BREAU (BRAULT) (b.January 1770, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 January 1853, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. François LEBLANC 1792 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Francoise BREAU (b.abt. 1772, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 8 October 1849, Tabusintak, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Pierre SAULNIER 1790

Joachim BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1772, d. 13 January 1864, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)

Prudence BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1774, d. , )

Adelaide BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1776, d. 24 July 1842, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)

Modeste BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1777, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 15 October 1868, Grande Digue, New Brunswick, 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie Marthe BREAU (BRAULT) was born 28 August 1769, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

1770 Birth of Child
Helene BREAU (BRAULT) was born January 1770, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

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.