Pierre CYR

Born

30 September 1741 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

11 August 1787 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean CYR Marie-Josephte GAUDREAU

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Born: 30 September 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Jean CYR

Mother: Marie-Josephte GAUDREAU

Paternal grandparents: Louis CYR (SIRE) , Marie Josephte MICHEL

Maternal grandparents: François GAUTROT (GAUDREAU) , Marie Anne VINCENT

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Pierre married Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN 27 October 1760 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Osithé-Radégonde died 5 October 1818 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Osithé-Radégonde was the child of Jean Baptiste TRAHAN and Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).

Pierre CYR died 11 August 1787 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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.

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Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN
Marriage date: 27 October 1760
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN was the child of Jean Baptiste TRAHAN and Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Birth — 1741
30 September 1741
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CYR and Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN 27 October 1760, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 19 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.

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.