Joseph POIRIER

Born

abt. 1736 , Acadia, Canada

Died

8 April 1826 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Joseph POIRIER Madeleine DOIRON

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Born: abt. 1736 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Joseph POIRIER

Mother: Madeleine DOIRON

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste POIRIER , Marie Jeanne CORMIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean DOIRON , Anne LEBLANC

Joseph 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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Joseph married Marguerite THIBODEAU abt. 1759 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite THIBODEAU was born abt. 1736 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died 16 July 1813 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Marguerite was the child of Charles Alexis THIBODEAU and Anne Marie MELANÇON (MELANSON).

Joseph POIRIER died 8 April 1826 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Joseph POIRIER married

Marguerite THIBODEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1759
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Marguerite THIBODEAU was the child of Charles Alexis THIBODEAU and Anne Marie MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Children of Joseph POIRIER and Marguerite THIBODEAU

Anne POIRIER

Born: 29 July 1764, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 December 1847, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Francois BELIVEAU 5 February 1787 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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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.

1764 Birth of Child
Anne POIRIER was born 29 July 1764, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Anne POIRIER married 5 February 1787, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Francois BELIVEAU

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite THIBODEAU died 16 July 1813, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

Death — 1836
8 April 1826
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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