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| Name |
Baudreau Gabriel |
| Birth |
24 Jul 1666 |
Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Notes |
- [[Category:Voyageurs]] [[Category:Montréal, Québec]]
== Biography =={{Canada Nouvelle-France}} {{Occupation |image=Briand-127-9.jpg | text=Engaged as a Voyageur}}He is the son of [[Baudreau-17|Urbain Baudreau]] and [[Juillet-2|Marguerite Juillet]].
Gabriel was a carpenter and business man who, along with his wife, lost his life on a trip exploring the Mississippi River while searching for minerals.
::He left Montréal with his pregnant wife and two daughters in 1708 and headed for Mobile (then considered Louisiana) in order to trade in furs and search for minerals with his brother, [[Baudreau-16|Jean Baptiste]], who was already there. Gabriel hired Antoine Simon, Etienne Etienne, Laurent Blot, Jean Baptiste L’Escuyer, Joseph Girardy, Jacques Mainville, Joseph Carriere, Etienne Campot, Nicolas Cadieu, Jean Alarie and Pierre Bourdon to accompany him. En route to Mobile by way of the Mississippi River, the party stopped at the small post of Detroit, where Beaudreau’s wife, Marie Catherine Forestier, gave birth to a daughter. Heading south, the travelers were attacked by Miami Indians (at the instigation of Detroit’s commandant, who wanted them to stay) and sent back to Detroit. They left again, this time evading the Miamis, and made it to Kaskaskia in the Illinois country. There he left his wife and children and the rest of the party arrived at Mobile in January of 1710.
:::Finding the commercial opportunities of Louisiana less promising than he had expected, Beaudreau soon left Mobile and settled in Illinois. Years later, the Detroit-born daughter, Marie Louise, would settle in the Opelousas country of Louisiana with her husband. [ [http://www.theusgenweb.org/la/acadia/bios/bios11.html Pointe de l'Eglise: Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. Acadia Parish, Louisiana] ]
== Sources ==
: - http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/acces.htm - Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) of the Université de Montréal.
: ..'''PRDH'''....Couple #47817 Md: Montreal 1701-08-15
: 01 GABRIEL BAUDREAU - Residence: MONTREAL - 034
: 02 CATHERINE FORTIER - Residence: MONTREAL - 020
: 03 URBAIN BAUDREAU - FATHER OF 01
: 04 MATHURINE JUILLET - MOTHER OF 01
: 05 ETIENNE FORTIER - FATHER OF 02
: 06 MARGUERITE LOYSON - MOTHER OF 02
: 07 JEAN BAPTISTE GADOIS - BROTHER-IN-LAW OR STEPBROTHER OF 01
: 08 PAUL BAUDREAU - BROTHER OF 01
: 09 ANTOINE FORTIER - BROTHER OF 02
: 10 DOLIER - Occupation: GRAND VICAIRE : 11 R C DEBRESLAY - Occupation: PRETRE, CURE, FAISANT LES FONCTIONS CURIALES Residence : MONTREAL
: .................
* {{PRDH|famille|8851}}
== Acknowledgments ==
* Created by [[Saucier-101 | Michelle Ladner]], Saturday, January 11, 2014
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| Person ID |
I61443 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
Baudreau Urbain, b. 03 May 1623, Saint-Lambert de Clermont, Maine, France d. 28 Jan 1695, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Juillet Mathurine, b. 31 Dec 1651, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 06 Mar 1723, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1664 |
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Canada, Nouvelle-France [1] |
| Family ID |
F27324 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Forestier Catherine, b. 13 Mar 1681, Riv. d'Prairies, Montreal, New France d. Bef 1724 (Age < 42 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Aug 1701 |
Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Baudreau Marie Catherine, b. 02 Jun 1702, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France d. 23 Mar 1703, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Baudereau Marie-Catherine, b. 23 Feb 1704, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 02 Dec 1747, Nouvelle Orléans, Louisiane, Nouvelle-France (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Baudreau Gilbert, b. 09 Nov 1705, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France d. 02 Jan 1707, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Boudreau Marie-Josephe, b. 08 Sep 1707, Montréal, Île-de-Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 02 Dec 1792, St-Constant, Laprairie, Bas-Canada (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Baudreau Marie Louise, b. 28 Nov 1708, Détroit, Pays d'en Haut, Nouvelle-France d. 01 Apr 1798, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, New Spain (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F27301 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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| Sources |
- [S1797] Merged from MartinBissonAnc_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 22:16.
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