Jean CYR

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abt. 1671 , Acadia, Canada

Died

20 June 1720 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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Pierre CYR Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1671 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Pierre CYR

Mother: Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS , Jeanne TRAHAN

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Jean married Françoise MELANSON abt. 1698 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Françoise MELANSON was born abt. 1682 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Françoise died 11 June 1720 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Françoise was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS.

Jean CYR died 20 June 1720 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Jean CYR married

Françoise MELANSON
Marriage date: abt. 1698
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Françoise MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS

Marriage notes:

About 1698 Françoise, married Jean Cyr, son of Pierre Cyr and Marie Bourgeois, in Acadia, Canada

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON

Marie Anne CYR

Born: abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada
Died: , , Acadia, Canada

Married: Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL 22 November 1718 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Paul Pierre CYR

Born: abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1745, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Agnes CORMIER 1725 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Michel CYR

Born: abt. 1705, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite CYR

Born: abt. 1706, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 26 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre CORMIER 1721 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Anne CYR

Born: abt. 1706, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 30 March 1774, , France

Married: François CORMIER 1730 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Married: Francois ARSENAULT dit BRELE 7 February 1746 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean CYR dit CROC

Born: abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 1 May 1785, Kingsclear, Crocks Point, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marguerite CORMIER 26 January 1734 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Françoise CYR

Born: abt. 1713, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 10 June 1783, , Canada

Married: Joseph CORMIER 24 November 1733 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Louis Joseph CYR

Born: 18 December 1718, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Marie Josephe CORMIER 1739 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne CYR married 22 November 1718, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL