Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Catherine  FOREST

  (b. abt. 1726 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 16 December 1815 Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Catherine FOREST was born abt. 1726 in Port Royal, Acadia

Catherine FOREST was the child of Jean Baptiste FOREST   and   Marie Elisabeth LABARRE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT (maternal)  Jean LABARRE and Catherine LABAUVE? COURSEAU?

Catherine 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):

Catherine  married  Jean BLANCHARD abt. 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean BLANCHARD  was born abt. 1718 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Jean died 2 September 1789 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  Jean was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS.

Catherine FOREST died 16 December 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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1745 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD was born 25 August 1745, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
1763 Birth of Child
Claire BLANCHARD was born 31 October 1763, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)
marriage1774 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD married 14 February 1774 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Charlotte PETIT
News1775 - 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.
marriage1778 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BLANCHARD married 10 August 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jean-Luc BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC)
marriage1784 Marriage of Child
Charles BLANCHARD married 9 February 1784, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Louise ALEXANDRE dite LALIBERTÉ
marriage1788 Marriage of Child
Claire BLANCHARD married 26 August 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre-Toussaint BROUILLARD
1789 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean BLANCHARD died 2 September 1789, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
1789 Death of Child
Rosalie BLANCHARD died 16 November 1789, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1796 Death of Child
Charles BLANCHARD died 26 November 1796, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
1799 Death of Child
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD died 20 May 1799, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)
death1815 Death
16 December 1815
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
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