Pierre VIGNEAULT

(b. abt. 1726 , Acadia, Canada d. 3 July 1811 , Havre-Aubert, Canada )

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Pierre VIGNEAULT was born abt. 1726 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre VIGNEAULT was the child of Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Marguerite ARSENAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice VIGNEAULT and Marguerite COMEAU (maternal) Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET

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 Madeleine CYR 15 February 1746 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine CYR was born abt. 1726 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 1 April 1779 in St-Jean-du-Perrot, France. Madeleine was the child of Guillaume CYR and Marie Marguerite BOURG.

Pierre VIGNEAULT died 3 July 1811 in Havre-Aubert, Canada.
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Pierre VIGNEAULT married

Madeleine CYR-- Date: 15 February 1746 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Madeleine CYR was the child of Guillaume CYR and Marie Marguerite BOURG

Children of Pierre VIGNEAULT and Madeleine CYR:

Rosalie VIGNEAULT (b.abt. 1753, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 3 April 1830, Havre-Aubert, Magdalen Islands, Canada)
m. Charles HEBERT 8 January 1771

Jacques VIGNEAULT (b.28 December 1761, Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay* d. , )
m. Anastasie CYR 24 October 1784 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

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1746 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VIGNEAULT and Madeleine CYR 15 February 1746, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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

1761 Birth of Child
Jacques VIGNEAULT was born 28 December 1761, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

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.

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.