Jerome GAUDREAU

(b. 30 September 1745 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1821 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Jerome GAUDREAU was born 30 September 1745 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Jerome 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):

Jerome married Elisabeth MIVILLE 20 February 1775 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth MIVILLE was born 11 July 1750 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Elisabeth died 25 January 1800 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Elisabeth was the child of Joseph MIVILLE and Marie-Catherine BRISSON.

Jerome GAUDREAU died 3 April 1821 in L'Islet, 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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Jerome GAUDREAU married

Elisabeth MIVILLE-- Date: 20 February 1775 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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Elisabeth MIVILLE was the child of Joseph MIVILLE and Marie-Catherine BRISSON

Children of Jerome GAUDREAU and Elisabeth MIVILLE:

Germain GAUDREAU (b.16 February 1784, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Felicite L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) 31 May 1808 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1745 Birth
30 September 1745
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 Marriage / Partner
Jerome GAUDREAU and Elisabeth MIVILLE 20 February 1775, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 29 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Germain GAUDREAU was born 16 February 1784, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jerome was 38 years old.

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

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

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