Joseph DOUCET

Born

abt. 1734 , Acadia, Canada

Died

9 March 1798 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

Parents & Family of Joseph DOUCET

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Born: abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada

Parents of Joseph DOUCET

Father

Pierre DOUCET

Mother

Françoise DUGAS

Grandparents of Joseph DOUCET

Paternal grandparents

René Pierre DOUCET Marie Anne BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

Maternal grandparents

Claude DUGAS Jeanne BOURG

Joseph 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

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

Joseph married Anne MELANSON 16 January 1752 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne MELANSON was born 24 October 1718 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne died 25 June 1769 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Anne was the child of Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER.

Joseph DOUCET died 9 March 1798 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .

m. Girardeau Marie
m. Melanson Anne
m. Thibault Anne

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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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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph DOUCET

Joseph DOUCET married

Anne MELANSON
Marriage date: 16 January 1752
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne MELANSON was the child of Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER

Children of Joseph DOUCET and Anne MELANSON

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DOUCET and Anne MELANSON 16 January 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne MELANSON died 25 June 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.