Madeleine GAUDREAU

(b. abt. 1742 , Acadia, Canada d. 19 May 1793 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GAUDREAU was born abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada

Madeleine GAUDREAU was the child of Benoit GAUDREAU and Josephte LABAUVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marguerite LANDRY (maternal) Louis LABAUVE and Anne LAVACHE

Madeleine 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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Madeleine married Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 18 June 1765 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was born 28 February 1737 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Marie died 23 September 1794 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Jean-Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER.

Madeleine GAUDREAU died 19 May 1793 in Lavaltrie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine GAUDREAU married

Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE-- Date: 18 June 1765 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER

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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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GAUDREAU and Jean-Marie LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 18 June 1765, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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.