Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Helene  FOREST

  (b. abt. 1749 Acadia, Canada   d. 27 January 1814 Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada )  

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Helene FOREST was born abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada

Helene FOREST was the child of Joseph FOREST   and   Marie Anne GIROUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean Baptiste FOREST and Marie Elisabeth LABARRE (maternal)  Jacques GIROUARD and Anne PETITPAS

Helene was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


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Helene  married  Louis-Francois DUFAULT 14 September 1767 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Francois DUFAULT  was born 13 February 1742 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Louis-Francois died 17 October 1826 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada.  Louis-Francois was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Françoise-Elisabeth BRIEN dite DESROCHES.

Helene FOREST died 27 January 1814 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Helene FOREST married flag male ancestor Louis-Francois DUFAULT-- Date: 14 September 1767 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis-Francois DUFAULT was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Françoise-Elisabeth BRIEN dite DESROCHES




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Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
marriage1767 Marriage / Partner
Helene FOREST and Louis-Francois DUFAULT 14 September 1767, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
1772 Birth of Child
Louis-Francois DUFAULT was born 25 September 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1797 Marriage of Child
Louis-Francois DUFAULT married 2 October 1797, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marguerite GIROUARD
death1814 Death
27 January 1814
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Added: 5/14/2020 8:59:21 AM - Updated: 5/14/2020 9:00:43 AM

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