Marie Josephe CORMIER

(b. abt. 1721 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 31 October 1788 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie Josephe CORMIER was born abt. 1721 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Josephe CORMIER was the child of François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas CORMIER and Marie Madeleine GIROUARD (maternal) Jacques LEBLANC and Catherine HÉBERT

Marie Josephe 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):

Marie Josephe married Louis Joseph CYR abt. 1739 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Louis Joseph CYR was born 18 December 1718 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Louis Joseph was the child of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON.

Marie Josephe married (2) Honore LANDRY abt. 1750 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Honore LANDRY was born abt. 1729 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Honore died 6 March 1817 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Honore was the child of Joseph LANDRY and Marie Josephe COMEAU.

Marie Josephe CORMIER died 31 October 1788 in L'Acadie, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Marie Josephe CORMIER

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Marie Josephe CORMIER married

Louis Joseph CYR-- Date: abt. 1739 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Louis Joseph CYR was the child of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON

About 1739 in Acadia, Canada, Marie-Josèphe married Louis-Joseph Cyr, the son of Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson. About 1750 in Acadia, Canada, Marie-Josèphe married Honoré Landry, the son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Comeau.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER:

Joseph CYR (b.abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada d. 27 December 1801, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Madeleine GAUDET 19 November 1764 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN (b.2 October 1741, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 17 September 1800, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite HERPIN 13 October 1766 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marguerite CYR (b.8 November 1743, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 October 1808, )
m. Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS 1759

Marie Rose CYR (b.11 August 1743, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 5 August 1822, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph Simon LANDRY 30 January 1764 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Pierre CYR (b.abt. 1747, , Acadia, Canada d. 1 January 1816, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

Anne-Marie CYR (b.abt. 1757, d. 9 July 1834, Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada)

Marie Josephe CORMIER married

Honore LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1750 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Honore LANDRY was the child of Joseph LANDRY and Marie Josephe COMEAU

Children:

Marguerite Landry (1751-1756)
Alexis Landry (1753-1757)
Michel Landry (1755-1757)
Alexandre Landry (1761-1829)
Marie Marguerite Landry (1763-1779)

Children of Honore LANDRY and Marie Josephe CORMIER:

Alexandre LANDRY (b.abt. 1760, d. , )
m. Ludivine GRANGER 14 October 1782 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1741 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN was born 2 October 1741, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1743 Birth of Child
Marie Rose CYR was born 11 August 1743, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1743 Birth of Child
Marguerite CYR was born 8 November 1743, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie Rose CYR married 30 January 1764, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Joseph Simon LANDRY

1764 Marriage of Child
Joseph CYR married 19 November 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie Madeleine GAUDET

1766 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN married 13 October 1766, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Marguerite HERPIN

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Alexandre LANDRY married 14 October 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Ludivine GRANGER

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)