Anne BENOIT

(b. 28 April 1721 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 2 May 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Anne BENOIT was born 28 April 1721 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Anne BENOIT was the child of Claude BENOIT and Jeanne HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie CHAUSSEGROS (maternal) Étienne HÉBERT and Jeanne COMEAU

Anne 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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Anne married René LANDRY abt. 1752 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
René LANDRY was born abt. 1732 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). René died 30 January 1786 René was the child of Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON).

Anne BENOIT died 2 May 1805 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Anne BENOIT

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Anne BENOIT married

René LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1752 Place: , Acadia, Canada
René LANDRY was the child of Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Anne Benoit married Rene A. Landry, son of Jean Landry and Madeleine Melanson, circa 1752.

Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, p116.

Children of René LANDRY and Anne BENOIT:

Joseph LANDRY (b.abt. 1755, d. , )
m. Geneviève BERGERON 30 January 1786 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite LANDRY (b.abt. 1763, d. 28 November 1828, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph Simon THIBODEAU 2 August 1808 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
28 April 1721
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

1721
Name: Anne Benoit
Gender: Female
Baptism/ Christening Date: 02 Jun 1721
Baptism/ Christening Place: SAINT CHARLES,GRAND PRE,KINGS,NOVA SCOTIA
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1721
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Father's Name: Claude Benoit
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Mother's Name: Jeanne Hebert
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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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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.