Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD

Born

abt. 1749 , Acadia, Canada

Died

15 May 1803 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Pierre ROBICHAUD Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Pierre ROBICHAUD

Mother: Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Prudent ROBICHAUD , Henriette PETITPAS

Maternal grandparents: Germain BOURGEOIS , Madeleine DUGAS

Marie-Modeste 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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Marie-Modeste married Jacques GIGNAC 8 February 1768 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques GIGNAC was born 29 August 1744 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . Jacques died 11 December 1783 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN.

Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD died 15 May 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Gignac Jacques

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD married

Jacques GIGNAC
Marriage date: 8 February 1768
Marriage place: Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques GIGNAC was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Modeste ROBICHAUD and Jacques GIGNAC 8 February 1768, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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.