Pierre POIRIER

(b. 31 March 1720 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 21 March 1785 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre POIRIER was born 31 March 1720 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Pierre POIRIER was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Jeanne CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel POIRIER and Marie BOUDROT (maternal) Thomas CORMIER and Marie Madeleine GIROUARD

Pierre 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):

Pierre married Marie GAUDET 10 June 1745 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GAUDET was born abt. 1722 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie died 27 April 1794 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit LE JEUNE and Marguerite HÉBERT.

Pierre POIRIER died 21 March 1785 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Pierre POIRIER

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Pierre POIRIER married

Marie GAUDET-- Date: 10 June 1745 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie GAUDET was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit LE JEUNE and Marguerite HÉBERT

Children of Pierre POIRIER and Marie GAUDET:

Marie-Anne-Catherine POIRIER (b.25 August 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 December 1833, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. David BERGERON 20 February 1792 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1720 Birth
31 March 1720
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1745 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POIRIER and Marie GAUDET 10 June 1745, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

He was 25 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Catherine POIRIER was born 25 August 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 43 years old.

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.