Pierre POIRIER

Born

9 October 1740 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

10 May 1788 , Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre POIRIER Marguerite ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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Born: 9 October 1740 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Pierre POIRIER

Mother: Marguerite ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Louis POIRIER , Cecile MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE

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Pierre married Anne GAUDET abt. 1765 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne GAUDET was born 24 June 1744 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Anne died 20 February 1832 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Anne was the child of Charles GAUDET and Anne RICHARD.

Pierre POIRIER died 10 May 1788 in Bonaventure, 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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Anne GAUDET
Marriage date: abt. 1765
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Anne GAUDET was the child of Charles GAUDET and Anne RICHARD

Children of Pierre POIRIER and Anne GAUDET

Elisabeth-Isabelle POIRIER

Born: abt. 1768, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 24 November 1788 Place: Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

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Birth — 1740
9 October 1740
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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.

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.