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Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Francois  CORMIER

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Born: abt. 1737 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Paternal grandparents: François CORMIER , Marguerite LEBLANC
Maternal grandparents: Jean CYR , Françoise MELANSON

Francois 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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Francois  married  Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 7 January 1760 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE)  was born 3 November 1741 in Port Royal, Acadia .  Jeanne-Victoire died 19 March 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  Jeanne-Victoire was the child of Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) and Isabelle FOREST.

Francois CORMIER died 15 March 1810 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .



m. Prince Jeanne-Victoire
m. Richard Genevieve

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Spouse & Children of Francois CORMIER

Francois CORMIER married flag female ancestor Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE)
Marriage date: 7 January 1760
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) was the child of Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) and Isabelle FOREST

Children of Francois CORMIER and Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE)


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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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marriage1760 Marriage / Partner
Francois CORMIER and Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 7 January 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
1767 Birth of Child
Nathalie CORMIER was born 19 May 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
1770 Birth of Child
Pierre-Alexis CORMIER was born 2 December 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
News1775 - 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.
marriage1789 Marriage of Child
Nathalie CORMIER married 10 August 1789, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada to Louis-Charles HEON
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1793 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Alexis CORMIER married 3 June 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada to Marie-Elisabeth LANDRY
1795 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne-Victoire PRINCE (LEPRINCE) died 19 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
DeathDeath — 1810
15 March 1810
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
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