Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD

(b. abt. 1749 , Acadia, Canada d. 15 May 1803 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD was born abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada

Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD was the child of Pierre ROBICHAUD and Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prudent ROBICHAUD and Henriette PETITPAS (maternal) Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS

Marie-Modeste 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

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Marie-Modeste married Jacques GIGNAC 8 February 1768 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques GIGNAC was born 29 August 1744 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Jacques died 11 December 1783 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Jacques was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN.

Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD died 15 May 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Gignac Jacques

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jacques GIGNAC-- Date: 8 February 1768 Place: Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques GIGNAC was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

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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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD and Jacques GIGNAC 8 February 1768, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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.