Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU)

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abt. 1734 , Acadia, Canada

Died

28 August 1828 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Marguerite BERNARD

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Born: abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada

Father: François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Mother: Marguerite BERNARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Marie GUÉRIN

Maternal grandparents: René BERNARD , Madeleine DOUCET

Marie Josephte 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 Josephte married Pierre DOUCET abt. 1758 in L'Acadie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DOUCET was born 7 May 1719 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Pierre died 10 August 1811 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Pierre was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.

Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) died 28 August 1828 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

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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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Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU) married

Pierre DOUCET
Marriage date: abt. 1758
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada, New France
Pierre DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER

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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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)

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)

1811 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre DOUCET died 10 August 1811, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

Death — 1828
28 August 1828
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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