Catherine DOIRON

Born

15 May 1709 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Died

14 December 1794 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Jean DOIRON Marie TRAHAN

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Born: 15 May 1709 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Father: Jean DOIRON

Mother: Marie TRAHAN

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume TRAHAN , Madeleine BRUN

Catherine 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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Catherine married François TURCAUD (TURCOT) abt. 1740 in Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François TURCAUD (TURCOT) was born 7 May 1710 in Anjou, Isere, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. François died 6 August 1789 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).

Catherine DOIRON died 14 December 1794 in Saint-Ours, 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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Catherine DOIRON married

François TURCAUD (TURCOT)
Marriage date: abt. 1740
Marriage place: , Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Children of François TURCAUD (TURCOT) and Catherine DOIRON

Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Born: abt. 1742, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 8 April 1826, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Josephte GAUMOND 17 January 1774 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie Josephe TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Born: abt. 1742, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 23 March 1790, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Alexis BENOIT 24 May 1773 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Francis TURCAUD (TURCOT)

Born: abt. 1749, Pisiquit, Acadia
Died: 20 October 1835, Thompson, Sullivan, New York, USA

Married: Mary GEE 1785

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Birth — 1709
15 May 1709
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephe TURCOTTE (TURCOT) married 24 May 1773, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Alexis BENOIT

1774 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) married 17 January 1774, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Josephte GAUMOND

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)

1789 Death of Spouse/Partner
François TURCAUD (TURCOT) died 6 August 1789, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1790 Death of Child
Marie Josephe TURCOTTE (TURCOT) died 23 March 1790, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Catherine was 80 years old.

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

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

Death — 1794
14 December 1794
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 85.

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