Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Pierre  DOUCET

  (b. 7 May 1719 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 10 August 1811 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Pierre DOUCET was born 7 May 1719 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Pierre DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET   and   Marie Anne POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Toussaint Dit François DOUCET and Marie CAISSIE (maternal)  Michel POIRIER dit DE FRANCE and Marie CHIASSON

Pierre 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


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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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Did You Know? 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 Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU)-- Date: abt. 1758 Place: L'Acadie, Canada, New France
Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) was the child of François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marguerite BERNARD




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birth1719 Birth
7 May 1719
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
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.
1766 Birth of Child
Scholastique DOUCET was born 17 January 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 46 years old.
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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1797 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
death1811 Death
10 August 1811
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 92.
Added: 5/9/2024 4:47:55 PM - Updated: 5/9/2024 4:49:54 PM

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