Alexis GAUDREAU

Born

26 October 1766 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 April 1838 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Born: 26 October 1766 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Alexis GAUDREAU

Father

Joseph GAUDREAU

Mother

Marie Geneviève DUBOIS

Grandparents of Alexis GAUDREAU

Paternal grandparents

Charles GAUDREAU Madeleine THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS Anne VINCENT

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

Alexis married Marie-Barbe MORIN 12 April 1785 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Barbe MORIN was born 13 November 1769 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Barbe died 6 November 1851 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . Marie-Barbe was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Barbe PELLETIER.

Alexis GAUDREAU died 27 April 1838 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Marie Barbe Morin
12 April 1785
Montmagny

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis GAUDREAU

Alexis GAUDREAU married

Marie-Barbe MORIN
Marriage date: 12 April 1785
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Barbe MORIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Barbe PELLETIER

Children of Alexis GAUDREAU and Marie-Barbe MORIN

Louis GAUDREAU

Born: 23 February 1794, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Died: 29 October 1872, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE 13 February 1821 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1766
26 October 1766
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Alexis GAUDREAU and Marie-Barbe MORIN 12 April 1785, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 18 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Louis GAUDREAU was born 23 February 1794, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Alexis was 27 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England