Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marguerite  CYR

  (b. 19 July 1722 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 18 March 1815 Lotbinière, Lower Canada )  

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Marguerite CYR was born 19 July 1722 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite CYR was the child of Guillaume CYR   and   Marie Marguerite BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS (maternal)  Michel BOURG and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON

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


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite  married  Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE 10 February 1740 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE  was born abt. 1715 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Claude died 24 June 1791 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.  Claude was the child of Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS.

Marguerite CYR died 18 March 1815 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marguerite appear below.

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Family and Children of Marguerite CYR

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Marguerite CYR married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE-- Date: 10 February 1740  Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE was the child of Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS




Children of Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE and Marguerite CYR:

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Anne POIRIER (b.abt. 1740, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 21 February 1816, Nantes, France)

flag female ancestor Marguerite-Rosalie POIRIER (b.20 July 1742, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. , )

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Alain POIRIER (b.28 December 1744, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 21 January 1786, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)

flag female ancestor Angelique POIRIER (b.abt. 1746, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. , )

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor Jacques POIRIER (b.2 February 1747, Beausejour, Acadie Canada  d. 10 March 1834, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marguerite POIRIER (b.abt. 1749, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 30 December 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY 17 April 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

flag male ancestor Louis POIRIER (b.abt. 1753, , Canada  d. , )

 female ancestor Marie POIRIER (b.abt. 1754, Pointe Beauséjour Canada  d. 5 July 1843, Lotbinière, Canada East )

 male ancestor Jean POIRIER (b.abt. 1758, Baie-des-Chaleurs,Qc Canada  d. September 1787, , Canada)

 female ancestor Madeleine POIRIER (b.13 May 1760, Ste-Anne de Ristigouche New France  d. 29 January 1846, Nantes France)

 female ancestor Esther POIRIER (b.13 May 1760, Ste-Anne de Ristigouche New France  d. , )

 female ancestor Rose POIRIER (b.abt. 1763,   d. , )



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birth1722 Birth
19 July 1722
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
marriage1740 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite CYR and Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE 10 February 1740 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

She was 17 years old.
1742 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Rosalie POIRIER was born 20 July 1742, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite was 20 years old.
1744 Birth of Child
Alain POIRIER was born 28 December 1744, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite was 22 years old.
1747 Birth of Child
Jacques POIRIER was born 2 February 1747, Beausejour, Acadie Canada

Marguerite was 24 years old.
1760 Birth of Child
Esther POIRIER was born 13 May 1760, Ste-Anne de Ristigouche New France

Marguerite was 37 years old.
1760 Birth of Child
Madeleine POIRIER was born 13 May 1760, Ste-Anne de Ristigouche New France

Marguerite was 37 years old.
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.
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.
marriage1777 Marriage of Child
Marguerite POIRIER married 17 April 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY
1780 Death of Child
Marguerite POIRIER died 30 December 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite was 58 years old.
1786 Death of Child
Alain POIRIER died 21 January 1786, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Marguerite was 63 years old.
1787 Death of Child
Jean POIRIER died September 1787, , Canada

Marguerite was 65 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1791 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE died 24 June 1791, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France
death1815 Death
18 March 1815
Lotbinière, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 92.
Added: 3/13/2017 5:38:36 PM - Updated: 3/13/2017 5:43:56 PM

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