François Xavier SAVOIE

(b. abt. 1684 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 28 December 1787 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François Xavier SAVOIE was born abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia

François Xavier SAVOIE was the child of Germain SAVOIE and Marie BREAU dite VINCELOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE (maternal) Vincent BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie BOURC (BOURG)

François Xavier 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):

François Xavier married Marie Josephe RICHARD 23 November 1707 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie Josephe RICHARD was born abt. 1691 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Josephe died 24 January 1763 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie Josephe was the child of Alexandre RICHARD and Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS.

François Xavier SAVOIE died 28 December 1787 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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 François Xavier SAVOIE

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François Xavier SAVOIE married

Marie Josephe RICHARD-- Date: 23 November 1707 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Josephe RICHARD was the child of Alexandre RICHARD and Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS

On 23 November 1707 François, married Marie-Josèphe Richard, daughter of Alexandre Richard and Élisabeth Petitpas, in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada.

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

Children of François Xavier SAVOIE and Marie Josephe RICHARD:

Marie Josephe SAVOIE (b.25 April 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 17 September 1731 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

François Xavier SAVOIE (b.30 November 1710, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marguerite THIBODEAU 1736 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE (b.24 April 1712, Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 December 1758, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean Baptiste COMEAU 1732 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Maurice COMEAU 23 August 1756 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Marguerite SAVOIE (b.20 August 1713, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Jean Baptiste SAVOIE (b.9 March 1715, Port Royal, Acadia d. 27 December 1787, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Anne HACHE dite GALLANT 11 August 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Honore SAVOIE (b.9 March 1715, , Acadia, Canada d. 25 September 1797, Portneuf, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Anne COMEAU 1738 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Marie-Josephe ARCAND 27 February 1764 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jeanne SAVOIE (b.28 September 1716, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Bennoni MANUEL dit HEBERT 20 November 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Anne Marie SAVOIE (b.2 June 1718, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1755, )
m. Joseph THIBODEAU 1738 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Madeleine SAVOIE (b.5 December 1719, Port Royal, Acadia d. 16 December 1789, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. François HEBERT dit MANUEL 31 December 1752 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean Charles SAVOIE (b.30 May 1721, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1780, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Marie Madeleine RICHARD 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Judith ARSENEAU 7 January 1761

Simon SAVOIE dit SAINT-SAUVEUR (b.17 August 1723, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 27 December 1795, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Francoise THIBODEAU 1745 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Anastasie THIBODEAU 1750 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Marie-Angélique GLINEL (DELINEL) 26 January 1761 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Joseph SAVOIE (b.8 June 1727, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Anne PREJEAN 1758

Pierre SAVOIE (b.abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada d. 13 May 1811, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada)
m. Anne Felicite LORD 1756
m. Marie Anne MELANSON 27 July 1761 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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

1707 Marriage / Partner
François Xavier SAVOIE and Marie Josephe RICHARD 23 November 1707 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1709 Birth of Child
Marie Josephe SAVOIE was born 25 April 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1710 Birth of Child
François Xavier SAVOIE was born 30 November 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1712 Birth of Child
Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE was born 24 April 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1713 Birth of Child
Marguerite SAVOIE was born 20 August 1713, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1715 Birth of Child
Honore SAVOIE was born 9 March 1715, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1715 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste SAVOIE was born 9 March 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Jeanne SAVOIE was born 28 September 1716, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1718 Birth of Child
Anne Marie SAVOIE was born 2 June 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1719 Birth of Child
Madeleine SAVOIE was born 5 December 1719, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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

1721 Birth of Child
Jean Charles SAVOIE was born 30 May 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1723 Birth of Child
Simon SAVOIE dit SAINT-SAUVEUR was born 17 August 1723, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1727 Birth of Child
Joseph SAVOIE was born 8 June 1727, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1731 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephe SAVOIE married 17 September 1731, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

1734 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste SAVOIE married 11 August 1734, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Anne HACHE dite GALLANT

1741 Marriage of Child
Jeanne SAVOIE married 20 November 1741, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Bennoni MANUEL dit HEBERT

1752 Marriage of Child
Madeleine SAVOIE married 31 December 1752, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) to François HEBERT dit MANUEL

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE married 23 August 1756, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Maurice COMEAU

1758 Death of Child
Marguerite Brigitte SAVOIE died 10 December 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1761 Marriage of Child
Simon SAVOIE dit SAINT-SAUVEUR married 26 January 1761, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Marie-Angélique GLINEL (DELINEL)

1761 Marriage of Child
Pierre SAVOIE married 27 July 1761, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie Anne MELANSON

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Josephe RICHARD died 24 January 1763, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1764 Marriage of Child
Honore SAVOIE married 27 February 1764, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Marie-Josephe ARCAND

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.