Joseph GAUDREAU

(b. 13 August 1772 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 January 1850 , La Malbaie, Canada East )

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Joseph GAUDREAU was born 13 August 1772 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph GAUDREAU was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GAUDREAU and Madeleine DESBIENS (maternal) Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite MARTEL

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

Joseph married Marie DESBIENS 29 July 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie DESBIENS was born 12 November 1772 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie was the child of Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY.

Joseph GAUDREAU died 29 January 1850 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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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Joseph GAUDREAU married

Marie DESBIENS-- Date: 29 July 1794 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Marie DESBIENS was the child of Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY

Children of Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie DESBIENS:

Genevieve GAUDREAU (b.5 March 1798, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 29 May 1872, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis-Henri LAVOIE 18 January 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie GAUDREU (b.7 November 1806, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 19 March 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 23 November 1829 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marcelline GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) (b.23 June 1812, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Stanislas BRASSARD 1 May 1838 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1772 Birth
13 August 1772
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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 / Partner
Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie DESBIENS 29 July 1794, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 21 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Genevieve GAUDREAU was born 5 March 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 25 years old.

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

1806 Birth of Child
Marie GAUDREU was born 7 November 1806, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 34 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marcelline GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) was born 23 June 1812, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Genevieve GAUDREAU married 18 January 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis-Henri LAVOIE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Marie GAUDREU married 23 November 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Marcelline GAUDREAU (GAUDREAULT) married 1 May 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Stanislas BRASSARD

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)