Françoise GAUDREAU

(b. abt. 1745 , Acadia, Canada d. 7 May 1784 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Françoise GAUDREAU was born abt. 1745 in Acadia, Canada

Françoise 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

Françoise 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

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

Françoise married François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) 25 June 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) was born 10 August 1741 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. François died 17 February 1783 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François was the child of Louis-François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Marie-Angélique HAYOT (AYOTTE).

Françoise GAUDREAU died 7 May 1784 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. (1) Nicolas Ruais

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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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Françoise GAUDREAU married

François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN)-- Date: 25 June 1764 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) was the child of Louis-François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Marie-Angélique HAYOT (AYOTTE)

Children of François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Françoise GAUDREAU:

Isaac BOURGOIN dit BOURGUIGNON (b.9 July 1772, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Julie ARCHAMBAULT 2 February 1829 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada

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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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Françoise GAUDREAU and François BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) 25 June 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1772 Birth of Child
Isaac BOURGOIN dit BOURGUIGNON was born 9 July 1772, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.