Pierre CYR

(b. abt. 1644 , France d. abt. 1680 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Pierre CYR was born abt. 1644 in France

Pierre CYR was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1668.

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Pierre married Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS 10 April 1670 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1652 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Françoise died 2 March 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Françoise was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN.

Pierre CYR died abt. 1680 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .

Occupation: Armurier (gunsmith)

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Pierre CYR married

Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS-- Date: 10 April 1670 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN

Children of Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS:

Jean CYR (b.abt. 1671, , Acadia, Canada d. 20 June 1720, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Françoise MELANSON abt. 1698 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre CYR (b.abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claire Angélique CORMIER bef. 1701 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Guillaume CYR (b.abt. 1679, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Marguerite BOURG abt. 1707 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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CYR - from 'sire', from the Latin 'senior' which means 'lord'. Ironic nickname given to someone who thinks he is a lord.

Pierre Cyr was born around 1644. Of unknown parentage, he married, around 1670, Marie Bourgeois, daughter of Jacques and Jeanne Trahan. From this union were born three children. Pierre Cyr lives with his family in Port-Royal, then in Beaubassin, in Acadie. Exercising the profession of gunsmith, he has no land to till, but he has 11 horned animals and 6 ewes. On June 18, 1670, he, along with other parishioners of Port-Royal, agreed to the construction of a church. He died around 1679.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS 10 April 1670, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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