Charles TRAHAN

(b. 7 June 1730 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 15 May 1785 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charles TRAHAN was born 7 June 1730 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Charles TRAHAN was the child of Joseph TRAHAN and Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Charles TRAHAN and Marie Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) (maternal) Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) and Jeanne LANDRY

Charles 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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Charles married Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY was born 3 June 1729 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Marie-Anne-Madeleine died 28 February 1801 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Anne-Madeleine was the child of Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON).

Charles TRAHAN died 15 May 1785 in Yamachiche, 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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Charles TRAHAN married

Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1749 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY was the child of Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Children of Charles TRAHAN and Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY:

Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.abt. 1752, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 21 September 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
m. Marguerite BOURG 18 September 1780 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN (b.abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 March 1810, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie BELLEMARE dite GELINAS 14 November 1785 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Etienne TRAHAN (b.1 August 1768, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte GRENIER 24 February 1800 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1730 Birth
7 June 1730
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Etienne TRAHAN was born 1 August 1768, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Charles was 38 years old.

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.