François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

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abt. 1721 , Acadia, Canada

Died

2 December 1799 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)Marguerite LORD (LAURE)

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Born: abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Mother: Marguerite LORD (LAURE)

Paternal grandparents: François AMIRAULT dit TOURANGEAU , Marie PITRE DE PALOMCOUP

Maternal grandparents: Julien LORD (LOURT) dit LAMONTAGNE , Anne Charlotte GIROUARD

François was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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François married Cécile BOURG 3 February 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Cécile BOURG was born abt. 1729 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Cécile died 7 October 1795 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Cécile was the child of Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE and Marie DUGAS.

François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) died 2 December 1799 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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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Spouse & Children of François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

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François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married

Cécile BOURG
Marriage date: 3 February 1749
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Cécile BOURG was the child of Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE and Marie DUGAS

Children of François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Cécile BOURG

François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Born: 4 October 1752, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 6 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Ludivine RICHARD 15 January 1784 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie Helene AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Born: abt. 1763, , Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 2 September 1837, L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE 21 February 1786 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1749 Marriage / Partner
François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Cécile BOURG 3 February 1749 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1752 Birth of Child
François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) was born 4 October 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married 15 January 1784, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Ludivine RICHARD

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie Helene AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married 21 February 1786, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

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

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