Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU

Born

5 February 1740 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

5 November 1802 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph GAUDREAU Louise VAILLANCOURT

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Born: 5 February 1740 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GAUDREAU

Mother: Louise VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents: Charles GAUDREAU , Madeleine THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Robert VAILLANCOURT , Marie-Simone LAMY

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie Anne MARTIN 16 January 1769 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie Anne MARTIN was born abt. 1741 in Canada. Marie Anne died 6 April 1826 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie Anne was the child of Paul MARTIN and Marie Geneviève DUBOIS.

Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU died 5 November 1802 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU married

Marie Anne MARTIN
Marriage date: 16 January 1769
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Anne MARTIN was the child of Paul MARTIN and Marie Geneviève DUBOIS

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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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Birth — 1740
5 February 1740
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Marie Anne MARTIN 16 January 1769 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 28 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.