Marie POIRIER

(b. abt. 1734 , Acadia, Canada d. 13 March 1811 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marie POIRIER was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada

Marie POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Madeleine DOIRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Jeanne CORMIER (maternal) Jean DOIRON and Anne LEBLANC

Marie 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 married Pepin BOURGEOIS 4 February 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Pepin BOURGEOIS was born 21 February 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pepin died 6 July 1809 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Pepin was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Anne LEBLANC.

Marie POIRIER died 13 March 1811 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pepin BOURGEOIS-- Date: 4 February 1783 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Pepin BOURGEOIS was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Anne LEBLANC

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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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie POIRIER and Pepin BOURGEOIS 4 February 1783, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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