Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marguerite  PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)

  (b. 17 August 1733 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 9 March 1825 Contrecœur, Lower Canada )  

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Marguerite PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) was born 17 August 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) was the child of Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)   and   Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON and Andree SAVOIE (maternal)  Michel BOUDROT and Cecile Marie LEBLANC

Marguerite 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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Marguerite  married  François DUPUIS (DUPUY) abt. 1753 in Acadia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François DUPUIS (DUPUY)  was born abt. 1731 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia).  François died 29 September 1814 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur).  François was the child of Germain DUPUIS and Marie GRANGER.

Marguerite PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) died 9 March 1825 in Contrecœur, 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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birth1733 Birth
17 August 1733
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.
1771 Birth of Child
Genevieve DUPUIS (DUPUY) was born 2 June 1771, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marguerite was 37 years old.
marriage1771 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DUPUIS married 23 September 1771, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Joseph DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON
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.
marriage1780 Marriage of Child
Anasatsie DUPUIS (DUPUY) married 17 January 1780 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Louis BOISSEAU (BOISSEAULT)
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1791 Marriage of Child
Genevieve DUPUIS (DUPUY) married 10 October 1791, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Antoine-Marie-Valentin GIARD
1814 Death of Spouse/Partner
François DUPUIS (DUPUY) died 29 September 1814, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
death1825 Death
9 March 1825
Contrecœur, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 91.
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