Marie COMEAU

Born

12 April 1733 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

10 February 1772 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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Ambroise COMEAU Marguerite CORMIER

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Born: 12 April 1733 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Ambroise COMEAU

Mother: Marguerite CORMIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON , Jeanne BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Germain CORMIER , Marie Josephe LEBLANC

Marie 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 married Claude ARSENAULT abt. 1758 in Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude ARSENAULT was born abt. 1730 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Claude died 22 February 1801 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Claude was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marie Marguerite CORMIER.

Marie COMEAU died 10 February 1772 in Sorel, Province of Québec, 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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Marie COMEAU married

Claude ARSENAULT
Marriage date: abt. 1758
Marriage place: , Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Claude ARSENAULT was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marie Marguerite CORMIER

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Children of Claude ARSENAULT and Marie COMEAU

Pierre ARSENAULT

Born: 14 July 1761, L'Acadie, Canada
Died: 2 June 1841, Saint-Ours, Canada East

Married: Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE 20 February 1786 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Married: Marguerite JACOB 27 January 1800 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1733
12 April 1733
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre ARSENAULT was born 14 July 1761, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie was 28 years old.

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.