Brigitte BRUN

(b. 18 September 1719 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 November 1785 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Brigitte BRUN was born 18 September 1719 in Port Royal, Acadia

Brigitte BRUN was the child of Jean Baptiste BRUN and Anne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien BRUN and Huguette BOURG (maternal) Claude GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Brigitte 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):

Brigitte married Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) 29 January 1742 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) was born 5 December 1715 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Pierre died 10 June 1800 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Pierre was the child of Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Marie Anne BASTARACHE.

Brigitte BRUN died 10 November 1785 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, 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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Brigitte BRUN married

Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON)-- Date: 29 January 1742 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) was the child of Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Marie Anne BASTARACHE

Children of Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Brigitte BRUN:

Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (b.26 June 1752, Port Royal, Acadia d. 17 October 1817, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise DUMAS 10 February 1777 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
m. Louise MIRABIN dite VADEBONCOEUR 18 June 1798 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1719 Birth
18 September 1719
Port Royal, Acadia

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte BRUN and Pierre ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) 29 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 22 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE was born 26 June 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Brigitte was 32 years old.

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.

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.