Jacques GAUDREAU

(b. 11 March 1747 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1802 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Jacques GAUDREAU was born 11 March 1747 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Jacques GAUDREAU was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Madeleine DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles-Gabriel GAUDREAU and Elisabeth DOMINGO (maternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Jacques married Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE 15 October 1771 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 15 June 1744 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite-Sophie died 19 July 1814 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marguerite-Sophie was the child of Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite MARTEL.

Jacques GAUDREAU died 15 March 1802 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

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Jacques GAUDREAU married

Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE-- Date: 15 October 1771 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was the child of Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite MARTEL

Children of Jacques GAUDREAU and Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE:

Joseph GAUDREAU (b.13 August 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 January 1850, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Marie DESBIENS 29 July 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jacques GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) (b.12 September 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Blaise TREMBLAY 23 August 1803 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Suzanne GAUDREAULT (b.3/20/1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12/24/1815, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Sauveur TREMBLAY 29 January 1805 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Alexis GAUDREAU (b.abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 June 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East )
m. Marie-Luce TREMBLAY 1 August 1803 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Felicite LEMIEUX 18 October 1814 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marguerite GAUDREAU (b.abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 July 1834, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. André CORNEAU 13 October 1804 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1747 Birth
11 March 1747
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GAUDREAU and Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE 15 October 1771, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 24 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUDREAU was born 13 August 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jacques was 25 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Jacques GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) was born 12 September 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jacques was 28 years old.

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Suzanne GAUDREAULT was born 3/20/1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jacques was 31 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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAUDREAU married 29 July 1794, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie DESBIENS

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