Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS

(b. abt. 1652 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 March 1741 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1652 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume TRAHAN and Françoise CORBINEAU (CHARBONNEAU)

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Marie Françoise married Pierre CYR 10 April 1670 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Pierre CYR was born abt. 1644 in France. Pierre died abt. 1680 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence).

Marie Françoise married (2) Germain GIROUARD 9 June 1680 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Germain GIROUARD was born abt. 1656 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Germain died abt. 1686 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Germain was the child of François GIROUARD and Jeanne AUCOIN.

Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS died 2 March 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS married

Pierre CYR-- Date: 10 April 1670 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Children of Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS:

Jean CYR (b.abt. 1671, , Acadia, Canada d. 20 June 1720, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Françoise MELANSON abt. 1698 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre CYR (b.abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claire Angélique CORMIER bef. 1701 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Guillaume CYR (b.abt. 1679, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Marguerite BOURG abt. 1707 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS married

Germain GIROUARD-- Date: 9 June 1680 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
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Germain GIROUARD was the child of François GIROUARD and Jeanne AUCOIN

On 9 June 1680 Marie, married Germain Girouard, son of François Girouard dit la Varanne and Jeanne Aucoin, in Beaubassin, Acadia, Canada

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Germain GIROUARD and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS:

Germain GIROUARD (b.2 April 1681, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1748, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Jeanne BARIAU (BÉRIAULT) abt. 1703 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Agnes GIROUARD (b.1 April 1683, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1714, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Abraham GAUDET 1701 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS and Pierre CYR 10 April 1670, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1671 Port Royal
Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (two married): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24.
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1680 Marriage / Partner
Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS and Germain GIROUARD 9 June 1680 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS - 1680 marriage

1680 marriage
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1681 Birth of Child
Germain GIROUARD was born 2 April 1681, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1683 Birth of Child
Agnes GIROUARD was born 1 April 1683, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Death of Child
Jean CYR died 20 June 1720, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1741 Death
2 March 1741
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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