René FOREST

(b. 20 April 1670 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 April 1751 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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René FOREST was born 20 April 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia

René FOREST was the child of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne HÉBERT and Marie GAUDET

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René married Françoise DUGAS abt. 1695 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Françoise DUGAS was born abt. 1679 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Françoise was the child of Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS.

René FOREST died 21 April 1751 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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René FOREST married

Françoise DUGAS-- Date: abt. 1695 Place: , Acadia, Canada
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Françoise DUGAS was the child of Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS

Children of René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS:

Marie FOREST (b.abt. 1696, , Acadia, Canada d. 1 February 1770, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* )
m. Joseph ROBICHAUD 7 February 1718 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph FOREST (b.abt. 1698, , Acadia, Canada d. 10 January 1730, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 25 November 1720 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite FOREST (b.abt. 1700, Port Royal, Acadia d. 27 May 1747, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE 19 January 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François FOREST (b.abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 October 1777, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jeanne GIROURARD 20 October 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Madeleine FOREST (b.30 June 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. 27 March 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 21 January 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Isabelle FOREST (b.abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada d. 11 September 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) 24 November 1738 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Catherine Josephte FOREST (b.17 May 1713, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Claude GAUDET 18 August 1737 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Anne FOREST (b.3 May 1715, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Joseph LEPRINCE 25 January 1740 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre FOREST (b.10 July 1717, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1750, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia)
m. Marie Madeleine RICHARD 30 June 1744 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Pierre FOREST (b.22 July 1719, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Anne RICHARD 11 November 1743 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Charles FOREST (b.13 October 1723, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1805, Minoudie, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Marie CHIASSON 10 May 1745 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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1670 Birth
20 April 1670
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Birth of Child
Madeleine FOREST was born 30 June 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 39 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Catherine Josephte FOREST was born 17 May 1713, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 43 years old.

1715 Birth of Child
Marie Anne FOREST was born 3 May 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 45 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Pierre FOREST was born 10 July 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 47 years old.

1718 Marriage of Child
Marie FOREST married 7 February 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph ROBICHAUD

1719 Birth of Child
Jean Pierre FOREST was born 22 July 1719, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 49 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Marriage of Child
Joseph FOREST married 25 November 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

1723 Birth of Child
Charles FOREST was born 13 October 1723, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 53 years old.

1724 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FOREST married 19 January 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE

1727 Marriage of Child
François FOREST married 20 October 1727 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jeanne GIROURARD

1730 Death of Child
Joseph FOREST died 10 January 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 59 years old.

1731 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FOREST married 21 January 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

1737 Marriage of Child
Catherine Josephte FOREST married 18 August 1737, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Claude GAUDET

1738 Marriage of Child
Isabelle FOREST married 24 November 1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE)

1740 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne FOREST married 25 January 1740, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph LEPRINCE

1743 Marriage of Child
Jean Pierre FOREST married 11 November 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne RICHARD

1744 Marriage of Child
Pierre FOREST married 30 June 1744, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Madeleine RICHARD

1745 Marriage of Child
Charles FOREST married 10 May 1745, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie CHIASSON

1747 Death of Child
Marguerite FOREST died 27 May 1747, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René was 77 years old.

1751 Death
21 April 1751
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He died at the age of 81.

Added: 3/25/2014 10:35:03 AM - Updated: 4/7/2022 12:46:54 PM

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