Etienne HÉBERT

(b. abt. 1736 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 11 January 1823 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Etienne HÉBERT was born abt. 1736 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Etienne HÉBERT was the child of Jean Baptiste HÉBERT and Elisabeth GRANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne HÉBERT and Jeanne COMEAU (maternal) Pierre GRANGER and Elisabeth Isabelle GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Etienne 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):

Etienne married Josephte BABIN 2 October 1769 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte BABIN was born 17 March 1748 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Josephte died 27 August 1832 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Josephte was the child of Jean Baptiste BABIN and Catherine LEBLANC.

Etienne HÉBERT died 11 January 1823 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower 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.
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Josephte BABIN-- Date: 2 October 1769 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte BABIN was the child of Jean Baptiste BABIN and Catherine LEBLANC

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HÉBERT, ÉTIENNE, farmer; b. 1736 in Grand Pré, N.S., son of Jean-Baptiste Hébert and Élisabeth Granger; d. 11 Jan. 1823 in Saint-Grégoire (Bécancour), Lower Canada.

Étienne Hébert belonged to the fourth generation of Héberts in Acadia. The deportation of the Acadians in 1755 [see Charles Lawrence*] separated him from his family at the age of 19. He was sent to Baltimore, in Maryland, which was almost the only American colony to show sympathy for the unhappy people arriving from that persecuted land. The fact that many inhabitants of Maryland were Catholics who had been sheltered in England by Lord Baltimore and his brother, Leonard Calvert, may account for this response. The Acadians were left free to move about as they wished, settle permanently, or emigrate, even to New France.

Hébert was able to take advantage of this favourable attitude. Placed in the service of an army officer who quickly became his friend, he gradually acquired not only substantial savings but above all...Read MORE...

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Etienne HÉBERT and Josephte BABIN 2 October 1769, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.