Marie Osithe POTHIER

(b. 13 November 1747 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 26 October 1805 , Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie Osithe POTHIER was born 13 November 1747 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Osithe 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 Osithe 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):

Marie Osithe married Jacques CORMIER 24 January 1770 in Ekoupahag, New Brunswick, Canada (Kingsclear) . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques CORMIER was born abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jacques was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit PALETTE and Cecile THIBODEAU.

Marie Osithe POTHIER died 26 October 1805 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.

m. Jacques Cormier, 24 Jan 1770 in Ekoupahag, Nova Scotia

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Marie Osithe POTHIER married

Jacques CORMIER-- Date: 24 January 1770 Place: Ekoupahag, New Brunswick, Canada (Kingsclear)
Jacques CORMIER was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit PALETTE and Cecile THIBODEAU

Children of Jacques CORMIER and Marie Osithe POTHIER:

Françoise CORMIER (b.abt. 1782, d. 31 May 1868, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Stanislas COLLETTE 2 November 1801 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles CORMIER (b.abt. 1784, d. 13 October 1846, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Angelique GIROUARD 9 November 1802 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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1747 Birth
13 November 1747
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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Marie Osithe POTHIER and Jacques CORMIER 24 January 1770, Ekoupahag, New Brunswick, Canada (Kingsclear)

She was 22 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.