Laurent CYR

Born

abt. 1752 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

4 April 1835 , Drummondville, Lower Canada

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Pierre CYR Madeleine POIRIER

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Born: abt. 1752 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Pierre CYR

Mother: Madeleine POIRIER

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume CYR , Marie Marguerite BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Michel POIRIER , Madeleine BOURGEOIS

Laurent 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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Laurent married Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT 20 February 1778 in Leicester, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay . Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT was born 20 February 1758 in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA (Cherry Valley) (Rochdale). Rébecca Marie died 8 September 1836 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Rébecca Marie was the child of Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG.

Laurent CYR died 4 April 1835 in Drummondville, Lower Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Laurent CYR married

Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT
Marriage date: 20 February 1778
Marriage place: Leicester, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT was the child of Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG

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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.