Charles GAUDREAU

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abt. 1722 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

10 June 1806 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

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Charles GAUDREAU Madeleine THIBAULT

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Born: abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Charles GAUDREAU

Mother: Madeleine THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean GAUDREAU , Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY

Maternal grandparents: François-Louis THIBEAULT (THIBAULT) (THIBEAU) , Elisabeth-Agnes LEFEBVRE

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Charles married Marie-Josephte RUEL 28 September 1748 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte RUEL was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 11 May 1804 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Josephte was the child of Henri RUEL and Anne PROULX.

Charles GAUDREAU died 10 June 1806 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .
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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.

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Marie-Josephte RUEL
Marriage date: 28 September 1748
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte RUEL was the child of Henri RUEL and Anne PROULX

Children of Charles GAUDREAU and Marie-Josephte RUEL

Victoire GAUDREAU

Born: 11 March 1752, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 31 May 1787, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TALON 25 January 1768 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Anne GAUDREAU

Born: 4 March 1757, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 16 February 1849, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

Married: Pierre-Basile MORIN 11 November 1776 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre GAUDREAU

Born: 1 April 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Died: 21 March 1835, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Ursule STUART 25 August 1789 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1748 Marriage / Partner
Charles GAUDREAU and Marie-Josephte RUEL 28 September 1748, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1752 Birth of Child
Victoire GAUDREAU was born 11 March 1752, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GAUDREAU was born 4 March 1757, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre GAUDREAU was born 1 April 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Victoire GAUDREAU married 25 January 1768, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Louis TALON

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
Marie-Anne GAUDREAU married 11 November 1776 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Pierre-Basile MORIN

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)