Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS

(b. 21 October 1721 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 27 May 1799 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
Age: 78

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Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS was born 21 October 1721 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS was the child of Jean DUPUIS and Anne Marguerite RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin DUPUIS and Marie LANDRY (maternal) Alexandre RICHARD and Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS

Louis-Sylvain 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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Louis-Sylvain married Françoise LEBLANC 17 July 1747 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Françoise LEBLANC was born 27 July 1727 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Françoise died 25 November 1802 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Françoise was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY.

Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS died 27 May 1799 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS

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Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS married

Françoise LEBLANC-- Date: 17 July 1747 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Françoise LEBLANC was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY

ACCORDING TO STEPHEN WHITE, VOL. 1, P. 605 (D) (LOUIS)-SYLVAIN DUPUIS (JEAN DUPUIS & MARGUERITE RICHARD) WAS BORN - BAPTISED (REGISTERS GRAND PRE) 28 OCT 1721 (GODPARENTS: ANTOINE LANDRY & MADELEINE DUPUIS), LOCATED ON THE 1763 CENSUS OF MASSACHUCETTS M: ABOUT 1745 TO FRANCOISE LE BLANC (PIERRE & FRANCOISE LANDRY) (PLACE UNKNOWN), DIED and BURIED: L'ACADIE (REGISTER ENTRY) 27-28 MAY 1799 AT AGE 78.

Children of Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS and Françoise LEBLANC:

Joseph DUPUIS (b.abt. 1747, , Acadia, Canada d. 15 March 1827, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)

Augustin DUPUIS (b.abt. 1751, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1835, Saint-Régis, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite DUBEAU 12 September 1774 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie DUPUIS (b.abt. 1761, d. , )
m. Pierre BOUDREAU 27 February 1786 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre DUPUIS (b.abt. 1762, d. 18 December 1823, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve LANOUE 21 February 1814 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Anastasie DUPUIS (b.6 October 1773, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 June 1816, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Jacques LANOUE 6 October 1794 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1721 Birth
21 October 1721
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

1721
Name: Silvain Dupuis
Gender: Male
Baptism/ Christening Date: 28 Oct 1721
Baptism/ Christening Place: SAINT CHARLES,GRAND PRE,KINGS,NOVA SCOTIA
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1721
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Father's Name: Jean Dupuis
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Mother's Name: Marguerite Richard
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51007-1
Syst Origin: Nova_Scotia-ODM
Source Film Number: 484099
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Collection: Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS and Françoise LEBLANC 17 July 1747, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

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.

1773 Birth of Child
Anastasie DUPUIS was born 6 October 1773, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis-Sylvain was 51 years old.

1774 Marriage of Child
Augustin DUPUIS married 12 September 1774, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marguerite DUBEAU

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie DUPUIS married 27 February 1786, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Pierre BOUDREAU

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Anastasie DUPUIS married 6 October 1794, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Joseph-Jacques LANOUE