Marie Madeleine POTHIER

(b. 2 April 1745 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 13 February 1805 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie Madeleine POTHIER was born 2 April 1745 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Madeleine POTHIER was the child of Jean Baptiste POTHIER and Marie Josephe HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POTHIER (POITIER) and Anne POIRIER (maternal) Joseph HÉBERT and Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Marie Madeleine was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Marie Madeleine married Olivier THIBODEAU 23 September 1765 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olivier THIBODEAU was born 4 October 1732 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Olivier died 13 February 1801 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Olivier was the child of Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU and Marie LEBLANC.

Marie Madeleine POTHIER died 13 February 1805 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada .

m. Olivier Thibodeau, 23 Sep 1765 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, Canada

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Marie Madeleine POTHIER married

Olivier THIBODEAU-- Date: 23 September 1765 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Olivier THIBODEAU was the child of Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU and Marie LEBLANC

Children of Olivier THIBODEAU and Marie Madeleine POTHIER:

Georges THIBODEAU (b.abt. 1781, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 September 1836, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Francoise THIBODEAU 1801 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

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1745 Birth
2 April 1745
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie Madeleine POTHIER and Olivier THIBODEAU 23 September 1765, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 20 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.