Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Laurent  CYR

  (b. abt. 1752 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 4 April 1835 Drummondville, Lower Canada )  

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Laurent CYR was born abt. 1752 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Laurent CYR was the child of Pierre CYR   and   Madeleine POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume CYR and Marie Marguerite BOURG (maternal)  Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS

Laurent 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


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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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