Pierre CYR

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

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Pierre CYR was born abt. 1747 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre CYR was the child of Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON (maternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC

Pierre CYR died 1 January 1816 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .

m. Dinelle Marie-Marguerite

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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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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.

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.