Gregoire (Gregory)
TRAHAN (STRAHAN)
(b.
abt. 1752
,
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
d.
21 September 1811
,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
)
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Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was born abt. 1752 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was the child of Charles TRAHAN and Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph TRAHAN and Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) (maternal) Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)Gregoire (Gregory) had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gregoire (Gregory) married Marguerite BOURG 18 September 1780 in Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite BOURG was born abt. 1757 Marguerite died 25 January 1852 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Marguerite was the child of Benoni Benjamin BOURG and Françoise LEBLANC.
Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) died 21 September 1811 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Occupation
Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was a solider, innkeeper and carter.
Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was a solider, innkeeper and carter.
Family and Children of Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN)
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Marguerite BOURG-- Date: 18 September 1780 Place: Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
Marguerite BOURG was the child of Benoni Benjamin BOURG and Françoise LEBLANC
Children of Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) and Marguerite BOURG:
Mary (Marie) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.16 July 1781, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. abt. 1856, )
Joseph STRAHAN (b.16 March 1783, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. , )
Paul TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.abt. 1785, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. 30 April 1827, )
John TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.28 July 1785, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. November 1812, )
Charles TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.abt. 1796, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. abt. 1846, )
Marguerite BOURG-- Date: 18 September 1780 Place: Philadelphia, Crown Colony of PennsylvaniaMarguerite BOURG was the child of Benoni Benjamin BOURG and Françoise LEBLANC
Children of Gregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) and Marguerite BOURG:
Mary (Marie) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.16 July 1781, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. abt. 1856, ) Joseph STRAHAN (b.16 March 1783, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. , ) Paul TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.abt. 1785, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. 30 April 1827, ) John TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.28 July 1785, Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania d. November 1812, ) Charles TRAHAN (STRAHAN) (b.abt. 1796, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. abt. 1846, )
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Biography
TRAHAN, GRÉGOIRE, known as Gregory Strahan; soldier; b. c. 1752, son of Charles Trahan of Grand Pré, N.S., and Marie-Anne Landry; d. 21 Sept. 1811 in Philadelphia, Pa.
When still quite young Grégoire Trahan was caught up in the deportation of the Acadians [see Charles Lawrence*]. With his parents and elder sister Madeleine he was exiled to Concord, Mass., probably at the time of the main expulsion in the summer and autumn of 1755. About 12 years later the family, which had grown with the birth of five children in exile, immigrated to the province of Quebec. The Trahans settled at Yamachiche, where other Acadian exiles had begun moving in some three years before; they joined in opening up two concessions of unequal length, called La Grande-Acadie and La Petite-Acadie, making their own home on the former.
When the American invasion began in 1775 [see Benedict Arnold; Richard Montgomery*], Grégoire Trahan enlisted for six months as a soldier in the rebel army. Having been posted to ...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
TRAHAN, GRÉGOIRE, known as Gregory Strahan; soldier; b. c. 1752, son of Charles Trahan of Grand Pré, N.S., and Marie-Anne Landry; d. 21 Sept. 1811 in Philadelphia, Pa.
When still quite young Grégoire Trahan was caught up in the deportation of the Acadians [see Charles Lawrence*]. With his parents and elder sister Madeleine he was exiled to Concord, Mass., probably at the time of the main expulsion in the summer and autumn of 1755. About 12 years later the family, which had grown with the birth of five children in exile, immigrated to the province of Quebec. The Trahans settled at Yamachiche, where other Acadian exiles had begun moving in some three years before; they joined in opening up two concessions of unequal length, called La Grande-Acadie and La Petite-Acadie, making their own home on the former.
When the American invasion began in 1775 [see Benedict Arnold; Richard Montgomery*], Grégoire Trahan enlisted for six months as a soldier in the rebel army. Having been posted to ...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1780 Marriage / PartnerGregoire (Gregory) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) and Marguerite BOURG 18 September 1780, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1781 Birth of ChildMary (Marie) TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was born 16 July 1781, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1783 Birth of ChildJoseph STRAHAN was born 16 March 1783, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1785 Birth of ChildJohn TRAHAN (STRAHAN) was born 28 July 1785, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1811 Death 21 September 1811
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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