Marie VIGNEAULT

(b. abt. 1740 , Acadia, Canada d. 12 February 1819 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie VIGNEAULT was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada

Marie VIGNEAULT was the child of Jean Baptiste VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Anne Agnes POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice VIGNEAULT and Marguerite COMEAU (maternal) Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS

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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) 9 January 1764 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) was born 26 April 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Claude died 6 October 1801 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Claude was the child of Charles BOURGEOIS and Madeleine CORMIER.

Marie VIGNEAULT died 12 February 1819 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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.

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Marie VIGNEAULT married

Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE)-- Date: 9 January 1764 Place: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France
Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) was the child of Charles BOURGEOIS and Madeleine CORMIER

Children of Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) and Marie VIGNEAULT:

Marie BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1769, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 21 November 1843, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Joseph RICHARD 22 November 1790 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Charlotte BOURGEOIS (b.30 July 1772, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 22 October 1842, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Pierre BERGERON 17 February 1794 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Joseph BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1785, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 5 July 1855, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Madeleine BERGERON 13 July 1807 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie VIGNEAULT and Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) 9 January 1764, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

1772 Birth of Child
Charlotte BOURGEOIS was born 30 July 1772, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

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)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURGEOIS married 22 November 1790, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Joseph RICHARD

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Charlotte BOURGEOIS married 17 February 1794, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Pierre BERGERON

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

1801 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) died 6 October 1801, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1807 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOURGEOIS married 13 July 1807, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Madeleine BERGERON

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.

1819 Death
12 February 1819
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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