Pierre CYR

(b. 28 December 1744 , Acadia, Canada d. 5 March 1822 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Pierre CYR was born 28 December 1744 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre CYR was the child of Jean CYR dit CROC and Marguerite CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON (maternal) Pierre CORMIER and Catherine Marie LEBLANC

Pierre was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Madeleine AYOTTE 4 June 1786 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine AYOTTE was born 12 June 1763 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Madeleine died 9 February 1834 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Madeleine was the child of Alexandre AYOTTE and Charlotte SAUCIER.

Pierre CYR died 5 March 1822 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada .

m. Ayotte Madeleine

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Family and Children of Pierre CYR

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Pierre CYR married

Madeleine AYOTTE-- Date: 4 June 1786 Place: Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Madeleine AYOTTE was the child of Alexandre AYOTTE and Charlotte SAUCIER

Children of Pierre CYR and Madeleine AYOTTE:

Fabien CYR (b.2 February 1799, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1859, Fort Fairfield, Maine, USA)
m. Flavie GAGNE 25 October 1827 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

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1744 Birth
28 December 1744
Acadia, Canada

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.

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.