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Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag   Catherine  FOREST

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1 October 1811 L'Assomption, Lower Canada
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, Canada, New France .  Louis died 4 September 1801 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .  Louis was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL .

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Catherine 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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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, Canada, New France .  Louis died 4 September 1801 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .  Louis was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine FOREST

Catherine FOREST married flag male ancestor Louis DESMARAIS
Marriage date: 8 November 1762
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada
Louis DESMARAIS was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL

Children of Louis DESMARAIS and Catherine FOREST


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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1744
30 November 1744
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
marriage1762 Marriage / Partner
Catherine FOREST and Louis DESMARAIS 8 November 1762, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 17 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
1779 Birth of Child
Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS was born 14 January 1779, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Catherine was 34 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1801 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis DESMARAIS died 4 September 1801 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
marriage1804 Marriage of Child
Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS married 13 February 1804, L'Assomption, Lower Canada to Henri MARTINEAU
DeathDeath — 1811
1 October 1811
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 66.
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