Pierre DOUCET

Born

7 May 1719 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

10 August 1811 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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François Charles DOUCET Marie Anne POIRIER

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Born: 7 May 1719 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: François Charles DOUCET

Mother: Marie Anne POIRIER

Paternal grandparents: Toussaint Dit François DOUCET , Marie CAISSIE

Maternal grandparents: Michel POIRIER dit DE FRANCE , Marie CHIASSON

Pierre 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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Pierre married Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) abt. 1758 in L'Acadie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephte died 28 August 1828 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Marie Josephte was the child of François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite BERNARD.

Pierre DOUCET died 10 August 1811 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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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Pierre DOUCET married

Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU)
Marriage date: abt. 1758
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada, New France
Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) was the child of François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite BERNARD

Children of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU)

Scholastique DOUCET

Born: 17 January 1766, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis RACETTE 26 June 1797 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1719
7 May 1719
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Scholastique DOUCET was born 17 January 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 46 years old.

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Scholastique DOUCET married 26 June 1797, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Louis RACETTE

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