Marguerite DOUCET

(b. abt. 1740 , Acadia, Canada d. 8 May 1792 , Champlain, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DOUCET was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada

Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Anne RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis DOUCET and Marguerite GIROUARD (maternal) Martin RICHARD and Marguerite BOURG

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

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Marguerite married Francois BIGOT 18 November 1764 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . Francois BIGOT was born 3 April 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Francois died 11 December 1806 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Francois was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIGOT and Anne-Celeste TURCOT (TURCOTTE).

Marguerite DOUCET died 8 May 1792 in Champlain, Lower 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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Marguerite DOUCET married

Francois BIGOT-- Date: 18 November 1764 Place: Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois BIGOT was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIGOT and Anne-Celeste TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DOUCET and Francois BIGOT 18 November 1764, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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.