Francois CORMIER

(b. abt. 1737 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 15 March 1810 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Francois CORMIER was born abt. 1737 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Francois CORMIER was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC (maternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON

Francois 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):

Francois married Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 7 January 1760 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) was born 3 November 1741 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jeanne-Victoire died 19 March 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Jeanne-Victoire was the child of Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) and Isabelle FOREST.

Francois CORMIER died 15 March 1810 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Prince Jeanne-Victoire
m. Richard Genevieve

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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 Francois CORMIER

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Francois CORMIER married

Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE)-- Date: 7 January 1760 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) was the child of Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) and Isabelle FOREST

Children of Francois CORMIER and Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE):

Nathalie CORMIER (b.19 May 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 January 1838, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Charles HEON 10 August 1789 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre-Alexis CORMIER (b.2 December 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 September 1821, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Elisabeth LANDRY 3 June 1793 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Francois CORMIER and Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 7 January 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Nathalie CORMIER was born 19 May 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1770 Birth of Child
Pierre-Alexis CORMIER was born 2 December 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Nathalie CORMIER married 10 August 1789, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Louis-Charles HEON

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Alexis CORMIER married 3 June 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Elisabeth LANDRY

1795 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) died 19 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Death
15 March 1810
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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