Claude BROUSSARD

Born

abt. 1697 , Acadia, Canada

Died

abt. 1755 , Crown Colony of Maryland

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Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)Marie Catherine RICHARD

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Claude BROUSSARD was born abt. 1697 in Acadia, Canada

Claude BROUSSARD was the child of Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) and Marie Catherine RICHARD

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD

Claude was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Claude married Anne BABIN 24 October 1718 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne BABIN was born abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne died abt. 1754 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne was the child of Vincent Joseph BABIN and Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT).

Claude married (2) Marie DUGAS 18 November 1754 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie DUGAS was born abt. 1691 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie was the child of Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS.

Claude BROUSSARD died abt. 1755 in Crown Colony of Maryland.
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Claude BROUSSARD married

Anne BABIN-- Date: 24 October 1718 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Anne BABIN was the child of Vincent Joseph BABIN and Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Children:

Jean-Baptiste Broussard
Pierre-Paul Broussard

Children of Claude BROUSSARD and Anne BABIN

Marguerite BROUSSARD (b.6 November 1719, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1777, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Jacques MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude BROUSSARD married

Marie DUGAS-- Date: 18 November 1754 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie DUGAS was the child of Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS

Children of Claude BROUSSARD and Marie DUGAS

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Claude, born in c1697, married first to Anne, daughter of Vincent Babin, fils of Pigiguit and widow of Abraham Bourg le jeune, at Grand-Pré in October 1718. Their sons married into the Landry and Aucoin families and settled at Pigiguit, Rivière-du-Nord-Est on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, and on Île Royale. Claude remarried to Marie, daughter of Claude Dugas and widow of Abraham Bourg, at Port-Royal in November 1754. Claude died in Maryland during Le Grand Dérangement.
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