Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Jean Baptiste  DOUCET

  (b. 29 May 1745 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 28 January 1810 Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )  

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Jean Baptiste DOUCET was born 29 May 1745 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Baptiste DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET   and   Marie Anne BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Mathieu DOUCET and Anne LORD (LAURE) (maternal)  Pierre BOURG and Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)

Jean Baptiste 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):

Jean Baptiste  married  Marie "Luce" RICHARD 25 September 1768 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie "Luce" RICHARD  was born abt. 1748 in Canada.  Marie "Luce" died 26 June 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).  Marie "Luce" was the child of Joseph Grégoire RICHARD and Hélène HÉBERT.

Jean Baptiste DOUCET died 28 January 1810 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Jean Baptiste DOUCET married flag female ancestor Marie "Luce" RICHARD-- Date: 25 September 1768 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie "Luce" RICHARD was the child of Joseph Grégoire RICHARD and Hélène HÉBERT




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birth1745 Birth
29 May 1745
Port Royal, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
marriage1768 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste DOUCET and Marie "Luce" RICHARD 25 September 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 23 years old.
1771 Birth of Child
Jean DOUCET was born 28 October 1771, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean Baptiste was 26 years old.
News1775 - 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.
1777 Birth of Child
Josephte DOUCET was born 5 October 1777, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean Baptiste was 32 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1795 Marriage of Child
Jean DOUCET married 2 February 1795, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT
marriage1800 Marriage of Child
Josephte DOUCET married 24 February 1800, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Michel BOURQUE (BOURG)
1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie "Luce" RICHARD died 26 June 1803, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
death1810 Death
28 January 1810
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 64.


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