Charles DOUCET

(b. abt. 1665 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 7 May 1739 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Charles DOUCET was born abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia

Charles DOUCET was the child of Germain DOUCET and Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS? (maternal) René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG

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Charles married Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN was born abt. 1667 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Huguette Radegonde died abt. 1703 in . Huguette Radegonde was the child of François GUÉRIN and Anne BLANCHARD.

Charles DOUCET died 7 May 1739 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Charles DOUCET married

Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN-- Date: abt. 1684 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN was the child of François GUÉRIN and Anne BLANCHARD

Children of Charles DOUCET and Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN:

Charles DOUCET (b.abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada d. 21 July 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Cecile POIRIER 16 February 1718 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste DOUCET (b.abt. 1690, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marie ROBICHAUD 12 February 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Francois DOUCET (b.abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 August 1765, Rustico, Ile-du-Prince-Edouard, Canada)
m. Marie CARRE (CARRET) 3 February 1722 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine DOUCET (b.abt. 1696, , Acadia, Canada d. , , Acadia, Canada )
m. Nicolas LAVIGNE 4 March 1715 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Germain DOUCET (b.abt. 1698, Port Toulouse, Acadia d. 15 July 1747, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Francoise COMEAU 26 November 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Françoise SAUVAGE 30 October 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph DOUCET (b.abt. 1701, Port Royal, Acadia d. 11 July 1764, Le Havre, Normandie, France)
m. Marie-Madeleine ROBICHAUD 6 November 1725 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Michel DOUCET (b.10 March 1703, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 February 1760, LeHavre, Notre-Dame, France)
m. Angelique PITRE 25 November 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Oldest son Charles, born in c1665, married Huguette, daughter of François Guérin, at Port-Royal in c1684. They had nine children, including six sons who married into the Poirier, Robichaud, Carret, Comeau, and Pitre families. Their only daughter married into the Lavigne family. Charles became a sailor and a carpenter. Soon after the British gained control of Acadia in 1714, Charles took his family to Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, which remained in French hands. Charles died at Port-Royal in May 1739 in his early 70s.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1703 Birth of Child
Michel DOUCET was born 10 March 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1714 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste DOUCET married 12 February 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie ROBICHAUD

1715 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DOUCET married 4 March 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Nicolas LAVIGNE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage of Child
Charles DOUCET married 16 February 1718, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Cecile POIRIER

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

1722 Marriage of Child
Francois DOUCET married 3 February 1722, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie CARRE (CARRET)

1725 Marriage of Child
Joseph DOUCET married 6 November 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie-Madeleine ROBICHAUD

1726 Marriage of Child
Germain DOUCET married 26 November 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Francoise COMEAU

1732 Marriage of Child
Michel DOUCET married 25 November 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Angelique PITRE

1733 Death of Child
Charles DOUCET died 21 July 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1739 Death
7 May 1739
Port Royal, Acadia

Charles is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 4/3/2015 9:40:30 AM - Updated: 4/23/2015 5:40:05 PM