Simon DAROIS

(b. abt. 1725 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 11 November 1781 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Simon DAROIS was born abt. 1725 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Simon DAROIS was the child of Jean Jerome DAROIS and Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jerome DAROIS and Marie GAREAU (maternal) Antoine BREAU (BRAULT) and Marguerite BABIN

Simon 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):

Simon married Anne THIBODEAU abt. 1746 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anne THIBODEAU was born 5 July 1728 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne died 3 January 1759 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Anne was the child of Michel THIBODEAU and Agnès DUGAS.

Simon married (2) Jeanne LEDUC abt. 1760 in Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne LEDUC was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR.

Simon DAROIS died 11 November 1781 in Bécancour, 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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Family and Children of Simon DAROIS

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Simon DAROIS married

Anne THIBODEAU-- Date: abt. 1746 Place: , Acadia, Canada
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Anne THIBODEAU was the child of Michel THIBODEAU and Agnès DUGAS

Children of Simon DAROIS and Anne THIBODEAU:

Marie Jeanne DAROIS (b.15 April 1753, Petitcodiac, Acadia d. 7 May 1842, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Alexis RICHER 1 June 1772 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite DAROIS (b.abt. 1756, , Canada d. , )
m. Joseph RICHARD 17 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Simon DAROIS married

Jeanne LEDUC-- Date: abt. 1760 Place: Nicolet, Canada
Jeanne LEDUC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR

Children of Simon DAROIS and Jeanne LEDUC:

Joseph DAROIS (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. July 1832, Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )
m. Archange BERGEVIN 13 February 1797 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie Jeanne DAROIS was born 15 April 1753, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne THIBODEAU died 3 January 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie Jeanne DAROIS married 1 June 1772, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Alexis RICHER

1774 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DAROIS married 17 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Joseph RICHARD

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.