Marie Josephe COMEAU

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abt. 1727 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

21 June 1807 , Church Point, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Francois COMEAU Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE)

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Born: abt. 1727 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Francois COMEAU

Mother: Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON , Jeanne BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre LORD dit LAMONTAGNE , Marie Françoise BARIAU (BÉRIAULT)

Marie Josephe 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 Josephe married Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE abt. 1751 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE was born 17 April 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean Baptiste was the child of Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Marguerite FOREST.

Marie Josephe COMEAU died 21 June 1807 in Church Point, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Marie Josephe COMEAU married

Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE
Marriage date: abt. 1751
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Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE was the child of Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Marguerite FOREST

Marriage notes:

"White, Stephen A., "The genealogy of the thirty-seven host families of Retrouvailles 94", Cahiers de la Société Historique Acadienne , vol. 25, Nos. 2 and 3 (1994)," database,

September 2019; Pierre Bastarache and Marguerite Forest, their children and descendants; BASTARACHE dit BASQUE pages 68-70

Children of Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE and Marie Josephe COMEAU

Felicite BASTARACHE

Born: 22 November 1761, Annapolis, Acadie
Died: abt. 1823, Baie Saint Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE 1778

Joseph Tranquille BASTARACHE

Born: 10 June 1771, Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: , Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Cecile MAILLET 10 November 1794 Place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

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

1761 Birth of Child
Felicite BASTARACHE was born 22 November 1761, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

1771 Birth of Child
Joseph Tranquille BASTARACHE was born 10 June 1771, Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Joseph Tranquille BASTARACHE married 10 November 1794, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook) to Cecile MAILLET

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