Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Catherine  FOREST

  (b. 30 November 1744 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 1 October 1811 L'Assomption, Lower Canada )  

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Catherine FOREST was born 30 November 1744 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Catherine FOREST was the child of Joseph FOREST   and   Marie Anne GIROUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean Baptiste FOREST and Marie Elisabeth LABARRE (maternal)  Jacques GIROUARD and Anne PETITPAS

Catherine 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):

Catherine  married  Louis DESMARAIS 8 November 1762 in L'Assomption, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis DESMARAIS  was born 16 July 1726 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Louis died 4 September 1801 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Louis was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL.

Catherine FOREST died 1 October 1811 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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