Origin
At this stage of the research, the first hypothesis would
be that Louis would be an adopted son of Joseph Gaudreau and
Marie-Louise Constantineau who were established since 1758 at
the foot of the mountain in Montreal.
The second hypothesis would presume that Louis Chavaudreuille dit
Gaudreau is the grand son of Ursin Dutalmé dit Chavaudray.
Notary Besquet stipulates that she is the widow of Jacques Bourre dit Lachapelle
and that she had a son named Jean-Baptiste Chavaudray from her first marriage.
Born in 1729, Jean-Baptiste Chavaudray is the only son of Ursin Chavaudray
with the possibility of having a descendant born in 1748.
The third hypothesis would suppose that Louis would be a descendant of the Marquis de Vaudreuil.
The last hypothesis would presume that he is of native Indian adoption.
Settlement
As early as the 10th of december 1774, Louis Gaudreau is living in
the seigneurie of Chambly, precisely in Saint-Basile-le-Grand.
He will stay there for the first 20 years of his married life.
His first 8 children will be born there: They are Louis, François,
Alexis, Marie-Josèphe, Jean-Pierre, Marie-Geneviève, Joseph and Henri.
We do not know where Charles was born.
His 2 last children, Marie-Scolastique and Jean-Baptiste were born in
the seigneurerie of Saint-Hyacinthe, opposite of Saint-Simon road, where
Louis's family will move early in 194. From 1798 to 1815, Louis Gaudreau
byes more than 800 acres of land from the seigneur Debertzh and 3 other
lots from Jacques Roy, Pierre Poussard and Joseph Marcorelle.
He definitively wanted to establish his children close by, in the seignerie
of Saint-Hyacinthe, on Saint-Simon road (La Présentation) and on Saint-Louis
and d'Argenteuil roads in Saint-Damase. After the death of his first wife,
Josette Brouillet, in 1819, Louis marries Marie Leclerc in Saint-Hyacinthe
on the 12th of February 1822. On the 15th of January 1823, he gives his
belongings to Charles Chaput who will continue to take care of the land.
Louis Chavaudreuille dit Godreau is buried in Saint-Hyacinthe on the 7th of
January 1832 at the age of 84.