François-Prosper GAUDREAU

(b. 2 January 1747 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 3 November 1818 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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François-Prosper GAUDREAU was born 2 January 1747 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

François-Prosper GAUDREAU was the child of Augustin GAUDREAU and Elisabeth-Felicite GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Geneviève BERNIER (maternal) Joseph-François GUIMOND and Elisabeth FORTIN

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

François-Prosper married Madeleine GAGNON 4 April 1780 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine GAGNON was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine was the child of Antoine GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine EMOND.

François-Prosper GAUDREAU died 3 November 1818 in Montmagny, 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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François-Prosper GAUDREAU married

Madeleine GAGNON-- Date: 4 April 1780 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine GAGNON was the child of Antoine GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine EMOND

Children of François-Prosper GAUDREAU and Madeleine GAGNON:

Archange-Euprosine GAUDREAU (b.10 May 1792, Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 10 August 1858, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East )
m. Alexis GAGNE 8 October 1811 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1747 Birth
2 January 1747
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
François-Prosper GAUDREAU and Madeleine GAGNON 4 April 1780, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 33 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Birth of Child
Archange-Euprosine GAUDREAU was born 10 May 1792, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

François-Prosper was 45 years old.

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

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Archange-Euprosine GAUDREAU married 8 October 1811, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Alexis GAGNE

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