Abraham VIGNEAULT

(b. 2 September 1733 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 12 June 1802 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Abraham VIGNEAULT was born 2 September 1733 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Abraham VIGNEAULT was the child of Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Marguerite ARSENAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice VIGNEAULT and Marguerite COMEAU (maternal) Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET

Abraham was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Abraham married Marie BOURG 24 January 1755 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie BOURG was born abt. 1738 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie died abt. 1785 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France. Marie was the child of Michel BOURG and Marie CORMIER.

Abraham VIGNEAULT died 12 June 1802 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Abraham VIGNEAULT

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Abraham VIGNEAULT married

Marie BOURG-- Date: 24 January 1755 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marie BOURG was the child of Michel BOURG and Marie CORMIER

Children of Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG:

Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT (b.20 February 1758, Leicester, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 8 September 1836 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Laurent CYR 20 February 1778 in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA (Cherry Valley) (Rochdale)

Marie Henriette VIGNEAULT (b.15 May 1760, Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay* d. 5 November 1835 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

Isaac VIGNEAULT (b.15 August 1762, Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay* d. , )

Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT (b.13 November 1763, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. , )
m. Jean DOUCET 2 February 1795 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Modeste VIGNEAULT (b.February 1765, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 18 June 1830, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Pierre GARNACHE (GRENACHE) 29 May 1786 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Marie-Anastasie VIGNEAULT (b.2 July 1767, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 8 December 1804 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles-Joseph PROVENCHER 25 July 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Rosalie VIGNEAULT (b.24 September 1769, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 27 March 1846, Saint-Hugues, Canada East)
m. Jean-Baptiste LEDOUX 7 July 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Anne-Jeanne VIGNEAULT (b.5 April 1773, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 4 March 1862, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )

Marie-Apolline VIGNEAULT (b.31 December 1775, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. , )

Madeleine VIGNEAULT (b.19 August 1778, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 19 June 1830, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LANDRY dit BERCAS 16 February 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1733 Birth
2 September 1733
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Marriage / Partner
Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG 24 January 1755, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

He was 21 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT was born 20 February 1758, Leicester, Massachusetts, USA (Cherry Valley) (Rochdale)

Abraham was 24 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie Henriette VIGNEAULT was born 15 May 1760, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Abraham was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Isaac VIGNEAULT was born 15 August 1762, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Abraham was 28 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT was born 13 November 1763, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 30 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Modeste VIGNEAULT was born February 1765, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 31 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Anastasie VIGNEAULT was born 2 July 1767, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 33 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Rosalie VIGNEAULT was born 24 September 1769, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 36 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Jeanne VIGNEAULT was born 5 April 1773, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 39 years old.

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.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Apolline VIGNEAULT was born 31 December 1775, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 42 years old.

1778 Marriage of Child
Rébecca Marie VIGNEAULT married 20 February 1778, Leicester, Massachusetts, USA (Cherry Valley) (Rochdale) to Laurent CYR

1778 Birth of Child
Madeleine VIGNEAULT was born 19 August 1778, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Abraham was 44 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Modeste VIGNEAULT married 29 May 1786, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France to Jean-Pierre GARNACHE (GRENACHE)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anastasie VIGNEAULT married 25 July 1791, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles-Joseph PROVENCHER

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT married 2 February 1795, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jean DOUCET

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Rosalie VIGNEAULT married 7 July 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Jean-Baptiste LEDOUX

1801 Marriage of Child
Madeleine VIGNEAULT married 16 February 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph LANDRY dit BERCAS