Madeleine FOREST

(b. abt. 1712 , Acadia, Canada d. 11 January 1777 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine FOREST was born abt. 1712 in Acadia, Canada

Madeleine FOREST was the child of Pierre FOREST and Cecile RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT (maternal) Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD

Madeleine 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):

Madeleine married Paul LEBLANC 13 November 1730 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Paul LEBLANC was born 11 October 1707 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Paul was the child of Antoine LEBLANC and Anne LANDRY.

Madeleine FOREST died 11 January 1777 in Saint-Jacques, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Madeleine FOREST

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Madeleine FOREST married

Paul LEBLANC-- Date: 13 November 1730 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Paul LEBLANC was the child of Antoine LEBLANC and Anne LANDRY

Children of Paul LEBLANC and Madeleine FOREST:

Anastasie LEBLANC (b.25 January 1732, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 27 March 1808, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Paul LANDRY 31 December 1752 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Amand DUPUIS 24 June 1793 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph LEBLANC (b.abt. 1738, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite LANDRY 1764 in , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Julie Luce LEBLANC (b.12 December 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 22 June 1770, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph DOUCET

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine FOREST and Paul LEBLANC 13 November 1730, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1732 Birth of Child
Anastasie LEBLANC was born 25 January 1732, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1744 Birth of Child
Julie Luce LEBLANC was born 12 December 1744, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1752 Marriage of Child
Anastasie LEBLANC married 31 December 1752, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) to Paul LANDRY

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.

1770 Death of Child
Julie Luce LEBLANC died 22 June 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.