Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Louis  DOUCET

  (b. 16 May 1749 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 15 July 1819 Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Louis DOUCET was born 16 May 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia

Louis DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET   and   Marie Anne BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Mathieu DOUCET and Anne LORD (LAURE) (maternal)  Pierre BOURG and Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)

Louis 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


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Louis  married  Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 10 January 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)  was born 22 April 1750 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Marguerite died 10 April 1822 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*.  Marguerite was the child of Jean Baptiste BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite MELANSON.

Louis DOUCET died 15 July 1819 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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Louis DOUCET married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)-- Date: 10 January 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was the child of Jean Baptiste BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite MELANSON




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birth1749 Birth
16 May 1749
Port Royal, Acadia
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.
marriage1773 Marriage / Partner
Louis DOUCET and Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 10 January 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 23 years old.
1775 Birth of Child
Marguerite DOUCET was born 10 September 1775, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 26 years old.
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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1796 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 8 February 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to François LEPRINCE
1796 Birth of Child
Madeleine DOUCET was born 24 December 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Louis was 47 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
death1819 Death
15 July 1819
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 70.
Added: 3/6/2016 8:49:04 AM - Updated: 5/24/2024 3:24:14 PM

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