Marguerite PETITOT

(b. 4 November 1740 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 22 March 1778 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite PETITOT was born 4 November 1740 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite PETITOT was the child of Denis PETITOT and Marie Josephe GRANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Denis PETITOT dit ST-SEINE and Marguerite LANDRY (maternal) Claude GRANGER and Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Marguerite 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):

Marguerite married François BERNARD 7 February 1763 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François BERNARD was born 6 October 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). François died 18 August 1820 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Jean Baptiste BERNARD and Marie Cecile GAUDET.

Marguerite PETITOT died 22 March 1778 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite PETITOT

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Marguerite PETITOT married

François BERNARD-- Date: 7 February 1763 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
François BERNARD was the child of Jean Baptiste BERNARD and Marie Cecile GAUDET

Children of François BERNARD and Marguerite PETITOT:

François-Amable BERNARD (b.18 September 1765, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE 25 September 1786 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste BERNARD (b.6 April 1769, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 May 1860, La Présentation, Canada East )
m. Genevieve GOULET 19 September 1791 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)
m. Marie Françoise GIROUARD 21 September 1795 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Pierre BERNARD (b.4 July 1771, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 May 1854, Saint-Pie, Canada East)
m. Marie-Charlotte GAUDET 20 September 1791 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1740 Birth
4 November 1740
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PETITOT and François BERNARD 7 February 1763 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 22 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
François-Amable BERNARD was born 18 September 1765, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BERNARD was born 6 April 1769, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 28 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Pierre BERNARD was born 4 July 1771, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 30 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.