Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born

23 September 1716 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

27 April 1770 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE

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Born: 23 September 1716 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Mother: Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Marie GUÉRIN

Maternal grandparents: Emmanuel MIRANDE-TAVARE , Marguerite BOURGEOIS

Pierre 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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Pierre married Françoise POIRIER 22 November 1740 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise POIRIER was born abt. 1722 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Françoise was the child of Louis POIRIER and Cecile MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT).

Pierre married (2) Jeanne Marie HEON 1753 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne Marie HEON was born abt. 1729 in Canada. Jeanne Marie died 4 May 1803 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Jeanne Marie was the child of Charles HEON and Anne CLEMANCEAU dite CHEFDEVERNE.

Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 27 April 1770 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married

Françoise POIRIER
Marriage date: 22 November 1740
Marriage place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Françoise POIRIER was the child of Louis POIRIER and Cecile MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Children of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise POIRIER

Marie Anne ARSENAULT

Born: abt. 1744, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 8 October 1801, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste HEBERT 4 November 1771 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Anne ARSENAULT

Born: abt. 1747, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 28 April 1822, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph LANDRY 25 January 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married

Jeanne Marie HEON
Marriage date: 1753
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Jeanne Marie HEON was the child of Charles HEON and Anne CLEMANCEAU dite CHEFDEVERNE

Children of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Jeanne Marie HEON

Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born: 11 August 1762, Champlain, Canada
Died: 13 April 1848, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Ursule HOUDE 30 July 1798 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1716
23 September 1716
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise POIRIER 22 November 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

He was 24 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 11 August 1762, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 45 years old.

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.