Cecile FOREST

(b. abt. 1695 , Acadia, Canada d. 19 April 1780 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Cecile FOREST was born abt. 1695 in Acadia, Canada

Cecile FOREST was the child of Pierre FOREST and Cecile RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT (maternal) Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD

Cecile was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Cecile married Germain LANDRY abt. 1722 in Pisiquit, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Germain LANDRY was born abt. 1695 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Germain died 18 April 1770 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Germain was the child of Antoine LANDRY and Marie THIBODEAU.

Cecile FOREST died 19 April 1780 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Cecile appear below.

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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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Family and Children of Cecile FOREST

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Cecile FOREST married

Germain LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1722 Place: Pisiquit, Acadia
Germain LANDRY was the child of Antoine LANDRY and Marie THIBODEAU

About 1722 in Acadia, Canada, Germain married Cécile Forest, the daughter of Pierre and Cécile (Richard) Forest.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume II. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Germain LANDRY and Cecile FOREST:

Charles LANDRY (b.16 December 1723, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Marie LANDRY (b.3 November 1726, , Acadia, Canada d. 3 June 1790, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jacques HÉBERT 1746 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. François-Modeste BOURASSA 14 February 1774 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste LANDRY (b.abt. 1732, , Acadia, Canada d. 4 October 1816, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )
m. Anne-Marie HEBERT 30 May 1759 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Francois LANDRY (b.abt. 1732, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie HEBERT 1767 in , Massachusetts, USA

Marguerite-Monique LANDRY (b.5 July 1734, , Acadia, Canada d. 26 May 1810, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Charles HEBERT 1755 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Jean-Baptiste DESTROISMAISONS 9 November 1772 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie Blanche LANDRY (b.abt. 1734, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Amand DUPUIS 1754 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie LANDRY (b.22 January 1737, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Isabelle LANDRY (b.abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada d. 23 April 1771, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU 17 November 1761 in , Massachusetts, USA

Cecile LANDRY (b.10 October 1741, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Anastasie LANDRY (b.abt. 1743, Pisiquit, Acadia d. 3 June 1801, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Fabien HEBERT 1762 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1723 Birth of Child
Charles LANDRY was born 16 December 1723, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1726 Birth of Child
Marie LANDRY was born 3 November 1726, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1734 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Monique LANDRY was born 5 July 1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1737 Birth of Child
Marie LANDRY was born 22 January 1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1741 Birth of Child
Cecile LANDRY was born 10 October 1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LANDRY married 30 May 1759, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) to Anne-Marie HEBERT

1761 Marriage of Child
Isabelle LANDRY married 17 November 1761 , , Massachusetts, USA to Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU

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.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Germain LANDRY died 18 April 1770 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1771 Death of Child
Isabelle LANDRY died 23 April 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1772 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Monique LANDRY married 9 November 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Jean-Baptiste DESTROISMAISONS

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie LANDRY married 14 February 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to François-Modeste BOURASSA

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.