Pierre-Joan BÉZIER

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abt. 1626 , France

Died

11 March 1706 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: abt. 1626 in France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Pierre-Joan was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1684.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Pierre-Joan married Madeleine BRUN abt. 1684 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BRUN was born 23 January 1645 in France. Madeleine died abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine was the child of Vincent BRUN and Marie-Renee BREAU (BRAULT).

Pierre-Joan BÉZIER died 11 March 1706 in Port Royal, Acadia .

Son of Jean Bézier and Marguerite le Gardeur
Born in Thouin, Normandy, France

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Pierre-Joan BÉZIER married

Madeleine BRUN
Marriage date: abt. 1684
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Source: www.acadiansingray.com

Madeleine BRUN was the child of Vincent BRUN and Marie-Renee BREAU (BRAULT)

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Pierre Bézier dit Joan dit La Rivière married Madeleine, daughter of Vincent Brun and Renée Breau and widow of Guillaume Trahan, in c1684. De Meulles counted them at Port-Royal in 1686. Pierre, called Pierre Joan, was age 60, and Madeleine was 47. They lived with six of her unmarried Trahan children, ages 19 to 9, and their own child, a daughter, Susanne, age 2 months, on 8 arpents of land. They owned 10 cattle, 10 sheep, and 2 guns.

Children of Pierre-Joan BÉZIER and Madeleine BRUN

Suzanne BÉZIER dite JOAN LARIVIÈRE

Born: abt. 1685, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 11 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre COMEAU 25 January 1704 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1704 Marriage of Child
Suzanne BÉZIER dite JOAN LARIVIÈRE married 25 January 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre COMEAU

Death — 1706
11 March 1706
Port Royal, Acadia

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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