Louis CYR (SIRE)

(b. abt. 1690 , France d. 22 June 1757 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Louis CYR (SIRE) was born abt. 1690 in France

Louis CYR (SIRE) was the child of ? and ?

Louis 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):

Louis married Marie Josephte MICHEL 23 May 1712 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie Josephte MICHEL was born abt. 1696 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephte died 30 November 1773 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie Josephte was the child of François MICHEL dit LARUINE and Marguerite MEUNIER.

Louis CYR (SIRE) died 22 June 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Sire and Marguerite Raimbault

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Louis CYR (SIRE)

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Louis CYR (SIRE) married

Marie Josephte MICHEL-- Date: 23 May 1712 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Marie Josephte MICHEL was the child of François MICHEL dit LARUINE and Marguerite MEUNIER

Children of Louis CYR (SIRE) and Marie Josephte MICHEL:

Pierre CYR (b.abt. 1714, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite HÉBERT 27 June 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean CYR (b.abt. 1716, , Acadia, Canada d. 11 March 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Josephte GAUDREAU 1736 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Elisabeth CYR (b.12 March 1719, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU 1735 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Joseph CYR (b.abt. 1723, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Charles CYR (b.23 February 1724, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 24 February 1797, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) 17 November 1753 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Marguerite CYR (b.abt. 1726, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Veronique CYR (b.abt. 1729, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Paul CYR (b.21 July 1731, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 14 September 1798, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite DAIGLE 12 November 1753 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)
m. Marie Ursule DUBOIS 5 May 1758 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Biography
CYR - from 'sire', from the Latin 'senior' which means 'lord'. Ironic nickname given to someone who thinks he is a lord.

Louis Cyr was born around 1685 in St-Éloi, Dunkerque, arrondissement Nord, in France. Son of Jean Cyr and Marguerite Raimbault, he married Marie-Josèphe Michel, daughter of François and Marguerite Meunier, on May 23, 1712 in Grand-Pré, Acadie. From this union were born at least 5 children. He would have first settled in Fort Beauséjour, then would have left Beaubassin for Port-Lajoie, Île-Saint-Jean (Î-P-E). He would then have gone to Quebec, where he died on June 22, 1757
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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, March 8, 1983

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

1712 Marriage / Partner
Louis CYR (SIRE) and Marie Josephte MICHEL 23 May 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1719 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CYR was born 12 March 1719, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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

1724 Birth of Child
Charles CYR was born 23 February 1724, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1731 Birth of Child
Paul CYR was born 21 July 1731, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1740 Marriage of Child
Pierre CYR married 27 June 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marguerite HÉBERT

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Paul CYR married 12 November 1753, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Marguerite DAIGLE

1753 Marriage of Child
Charles CYR married 17 November 1753, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)