Louis GAUDREAU

(b. 23 February 1794 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 29 October 1872 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GAUDREAU was born 23 February 1794 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Louis GAUDREAU was the child of Alexis GAUDREAU and Marie-Barbe MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie Geneviève DUBOIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Barbe PELLETIER

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Louis married Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE 13 February 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE was born abt. 1801 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Alexis DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE and Madeleine GRONDIN.

Louis GAUDREAU died 29 October 1872 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, 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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Louis GAUDREAU married

Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE-- Date: 13 February 1821 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE was the child of Alexis DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE and Madeleine GRONDIN

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Children of Louis GAUDREAU and Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE:

Alexis GOUDREAU (b.12 August 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 5 March 1904, Wotton, Québec, Canada )
m. Angele CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ 13 January 1851 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

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1794 Birth
23 February 1794
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Louis GAUDREAU and Marie DUTEAU dite TOURVILLE 13 February 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 26 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Alexis GOUDREAU was born 12 August 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louis was 31 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Alexis GOUDREAU married 13 January 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix) to Angele CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.