François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

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4 October 1752 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

6 August 1832 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)Cécile BOURG

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Born: 4 October 1752 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Mother: Cécile BOURG

Paternal grandparents: Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) , Marguerite LORD (LAURE)

Maternal grandparents: Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE , Marie DUGAS

François 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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François married Ludivine RICHARD 15 January 1784 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ludivine RICHARD was born 4 July 1763 in Massachusetts, USA. Ludivine died 31 May 1798 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Ludivine was the child of Victor RICHARD and Ludivine BOURGEOIS.

François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) died 6 August 1832 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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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François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married

Ludivine RICHARD
Marriage date: 15 January 1784
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Ludivine RICHARD was the child of Victor RICHARD and Ludivine BOURGEOIS

Children of François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Ludivine RICHARD

Fabien MIREAULT

Born: 6 August 1790, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 May 1869, St. Alexis de Montcalm, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise ALAIN 30 October 1815 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1752
4 October 1752
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.

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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Ludivine RICHARD 15 January 1784, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 31 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Fabien MIREAULT was born 6 August 1790, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

François was 37 years old.

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

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

1798 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ludivine RICHARD died 31 May 1798, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage of Child
Fabien MIREAULT married 30 October 1815, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marie-Louise ALAIN

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

Death — 1832
6 August 1832
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 79.

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