Marie BREAU (BRAULT)

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abt. 1680 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

20 December 1742 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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Vincent BREAU (BRAULT)Marie BOURC (BOURG)

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Born: abt. 1680 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Vincent BREAU (BRAULT)

Mother: Marie BOURC (BOURG)

Paternal grandparents: René BRAULT , Marie RENEAUME

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) , Antoinette LANDRY

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

Marie married Abraham GAUDET abt. 1714 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Abraham GAUDET was born abt. 1679 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Abraham died 26 November 1728 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Abraham was the child of Pierre GAUDET and Anne BLANCHARD.

Marie BREAU (BRAULT) died 20 December 1742 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France .
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Marie BREAU (BRAULT) married

Abraham GAUDET
Marriage date: abt. 1714
Marriage place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Abraham GAUDET was the child of Pierre GAUDET and Anne BLANCHARD

Marriage notes:

Before 1714 in Beaubassin, Acadia, Canada, Abraham married second Marie Breau, daughter of Vincent Breau and Marie Bourg.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Abraham GAUDET and Marie BREAU (BRAULT)

Jean-Baptiste GAUDET

Born: abt. 1716, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 4 March 1780, Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Félicité PELLETIER 3 September 1742 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Josephe GAUDET

Born: abt. 1718, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 16 April 1764, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Georges LEPAUMIER 9 January 1741 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Agnès GAUDET

Born: abt. 1718, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 19 October 1786,

Madeleine GAUDET

Born: 25 March 1720, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: ,

Married: François LURET dit ROCHEFORT 5 July 1751 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marguerite GAUDET

Born: abt. 1723, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 26 June 1748,

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1686 Port Royal
Marie BOURC, widow of Vincent BREAU, 50; children: Antoine 22, Marguerite 18, Pierre 16, Anne 14, Francois 12. Jean 11, Marie 9, Jeanne 6, Rene 3, Susanne 2 months; 3 arpents, 6 cattle, 4 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Marie BOURG widow (of Vincent BRUN) 53, Margueritte 28; Francois 24; Jean 22; Anne 20; Marie 18 Jeanne 17, Rene 15; Elisabeth 13; 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs, ;8 arpents, 30 fruit trees,
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France