Pierre POIRIER

(b. abt. 1737 , Acadia, Canada d. 25 February 1821 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Pierre POIRIER was born abt. 1737 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre 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

Pierre 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):

Pierre married Marie Madeleine FOREST abt. 1759 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie Madeleine FOREST was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Madeleine died 11 August 1809 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie Madeleine was the child of François FOREST and Jeanne GIROURARD.

Pierre POIRIER died 25 February 1821 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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Family and Children of Pierre POIRIER

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Pierre POIRIER married

Marie Madeleine FOREST-- Date: abt. 1759 Place:
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Marie Madeleine FOREST was the child of François FOREST and Jeanne GIROURARD

Children of Pierre POIRIER and Marie Madeleine FOREST:

Angélique POIRIER (b.29 May 1759, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1835, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Gabriel BENOIT 12 August 1793 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Pierre POIRIER (b.29 May 1761, St-Pierre-Montmagny, Quebec, Canada d. 10 December 1815, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Rose BERGERON 15 January 1787 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER (b.14 November 1765, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine BERGERON 15 January 1787 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Birth of Child
Angélique POIRIER was born 29 May 1759, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre POIRIER was born 29 May 1761, St-Pierre-Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

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 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER was born 14 November 1765, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER married 15 January 1787, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Madeleine BERGERON

1787 Marriage of Child
Pierre POIRIER married 15 January 1787, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Rose BERGERON

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Angélique POIRIER married 12 August 1793, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Gabriel BENOIT

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

1809 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Madeleine FOREST died 11 August 1809, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1815 Death of Child
Pierre POIRIER died 10 December 1815, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Death
25 February 1821
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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