Pierre GAUDET

(b. abt. 1721 , Acadia, Canada d. 20 September 1801 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GAUDET was born abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre GAUDET was the child of Denis GAUDET and Anne DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUDET dit LE JEUNE and Marie BLANCHARD (maternal) Toussaint Dit François DOUCET and Marie CAISSIE

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Pierre married Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) 14 November 1740 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was born abt. 1721 in Tintamarre, Acadie, Canada. Marguerite died 8 September 1766 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite BERNARD.

Pierre married (2) Ursule LAURE 10 February 1771 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Ursule LAURE was born 27 March 1725 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Ursule died 17 October 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Ursule was the child of Pierre LORD (LAURE) and Jeanne DOUCET.

Pierre GAUDET died 20 September 1801 in Saint-Jacques, 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
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Pierre GAUDET married

Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT)-- Date: 14 November 1740 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) was the child of François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite BERNARD

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Pierre GAUDET married

Ursule LAURE-- Date: 10 February 1771 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Ursule LAURE was the child of Pierre LORD (LAURE) and Jeanne DOUCET

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1740 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAUDET and Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) 14 November 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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.

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) died 8 September 1766, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1771 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GAUDET and Ursule LAURE 10 February 1771, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.