Marie Anne POTHIER

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abt. 1730 , Acadia, Canada

Died

16 November 1807 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jean Baptiste POTHIER Marie Josephe HEBERT

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Born: abt. 1730 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste POTHIER

Mother: Marie Josephe HEBERT

Paternal grandparents: Jean POTHIER (POITIER) , Anne POIRIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph HÉBERT , Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Marie Anne 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 Anne married Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT abt. 1759 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT was born 1 January 1727 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Alexis died 1 April 1802 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Alexis was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie Josephe LANDRY.

Marie Anne POTHIER died 16 November 1807 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Marie Anne POTHIER married

Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT
Marriage date: abt. 1759
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie Josephe LANDRY

Children of Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT and Marie Anne POTHIER

Anne-Rosalie COMEAU

Born: 6 April 1761, La Pocatière, Canada
Died: abt. 1804, , New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jean-Joseph VIENNEAU 1779 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

Charles COMEAU

Born: 10 October 1765 , Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 22 June 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie BEAUDRY 27 July 1778 Place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Married: Marguerite ROY 9 November 1788 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Georges Joseph COMEAU

Born: 22 April 1770 , Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Geneviève THIBODEAU 1795 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie DOIRON 11 September 1826 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Charlotte COMEAU

Born: 1 May 1773, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: August 1826, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Charles THIBODEAU 1793

Married: Isaac GAUTREAU (GAUTROT) 1802

Etienne COMEAU

Born: abt. 1774, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 9 June 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne THIBODEAU 26 January 1798 Place: Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Anne SAULNIER 19 February 1805 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Athanase COMEAU

Born: abt. 1775, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU 26 July 1798 Place: Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1759 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1761 Birth of Child
Anne-Rosalie COMEAU was born 6 April 1761, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Charles COMEAU was born 10 October 1765 , Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

1770 Birth of Child
Georges Joseph COMEAU was born 22 April 1770 , Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

1773 Birth of Child
Charlotte COMEAU was born 1 May 1773, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Charles COMEAU married 27 July 1778, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Marie BEAUDRY

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Charles COMEAU married 9 November 1788, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marguerite ROY

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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Etienne COMEAU married 26 January 1798, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie-Anne THIBODEAU

1798 Marriage of Child
Athanase COMEAU married 26 July 1798, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU

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