Marie GAUDREAU

(b. abt. 1754 , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1825 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Marie GAUDREAU was born abt. 1754 in Acadia, Canada

Marie GAUDREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Elisabeth CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GAUTROT (GAUDREAU) and Marie Anne VINCENT (maternal) Louis CYR (SIRE) and Marie Josephte MICHEL

Marie 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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Marie married Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL 14 November 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 22 February 1745 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph died 23 May 1812 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Joseph was the child of Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL and Claire DUMAS.

Marie GAUDREAU died abt. 1825 in L'Acadie, 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 GAUDREAU married

Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL-- Date: 14 November 1774 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL and Claire DUMAS

Children of Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marie GAUDREAU:

Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL (b.25 October 1782, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 June 1855, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East)
m. Marie-Honosime PLANTE 12 July 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marie GAUDREAU and Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL 14 November 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.