Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Jean Baptiste  ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

  (b. 26 January 1742 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 4 January 1778 Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )  

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Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 26 January 1742 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was the child of Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)   and   Marguerite POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE (maternal)  Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS

Jean Baptiste 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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Jean Baptiste  married  Françoise DUMAS 1 October 1764 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Françoise DUMAS  was born 13 March 1748 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.  Françoise died 18 December 1792 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Françoise was the child of François DUMAS and Françoise RUEL.

Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 4 January 1778 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married flag female ancestor Françoise DUMAS-- Date: 1 October 1764 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
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Françoise DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Françoise RUEL




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birth1742 Birth
26 January 1742
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.
marriage1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise DUMAS 1 October 1764, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.
1771 Birth of Child
Francoise ARSENAULT was born 2 March 1771, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean Baptiste was 29 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.
death1778 Death
4 January 1778
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 35.
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