Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Francois  FOREST

  (b. abt. 1742 Acadia, Canada   d. 22 July 1778 Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada )  

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Francois FOREST was born abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada

Francois FOREST was the child of François FOREST   and   Jeanne GIROURARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS (maternal)  Alexandre GIROUARD and Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE

Francois was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Francois  married  Felicite DUGAS 21 October 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite DUGAS  was born 26 February 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Felicite died 19 March 1787 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Felicite was the child of Claude DUGAS and Marie Josephe MELANSON.

Francois FOREST died 22 July 1778 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada .





m. Dugas Felicite


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