Charles DOUCET

Born

abt. 1665 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

7 May 1739 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Germain DOUCET Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

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Born: abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Germain DOUCET

Mother: Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

Paternal grandparents: Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE , Marie BOURGEOIS?

Maternal grandparents: René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] , Perrine BOURG

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Charles married Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN was born abt. 1667 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Huguette Radegonde died abt. 1703 in . Huguette Radegonde was the child of François GUÉRIN and Anne BLANCHARD.

Charles DOUCET died 7 May 1739 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Charles DOUCET married

Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN
Marriage date: abt. 1684
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN was the child of François GUÉRIN and Anne BLANCHARD

Children of Charles DOUCET and Huguette Radegonde GUÉRIN

Charles DOUCET

Born: abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 21 July 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Married: Cecile POIRIER 16 February 1718 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste DOUCET

Born: abt. 1690, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Marie ROBICHAUD 12 February 1714 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Francois DOUCET

Born: abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 19 August 1765, Rustico, Ile-du-Prince-Edouard, Canada

Married: Marie CARRE (CARRET) 3 February 1722 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine DOUCET

Born: abt. 1696, , Acadia, Canada
Died: , , Acadia, Canada

Married: Nicolas LAVIGNE 4 March 1715 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Germain DOUCET

Born: abt. 1698, Port Toulouse, Acadia
Died: 15 July 1747, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Francoise COMEAU 26 November 1726 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Françoise SAUVAGE 30 October 1741 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph DOUCET

Born: abt. 1701, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 11 July 1764, Le Havre, Normandie, France

Married: Marie-Madeleine ROBICHAUD 6 November 1725 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Michel DOUCET

Born: 10 March 1703, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 19 February 1760, LeHavre, Notre-Dame, France

Married: Angelique PITRE 25 November 1732 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

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Oldest son Charles, born in c1665, married Huguette, daughter of François Guérin, at Port-Royal in c1684. They had nine children, including six sons who married into the Poirier, Robichaud, Carret, Comeau, and Pitre families. Their only daughter married into the Lavigne family. Charles became a sailor and a carpenter. Soon after the British gained control of Acadia in 1714, Charles took his family to Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, which remained in French hands. Charles died at Port-Royal in May 1739 in his early 70s.

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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

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

1703 Birth of Child
Michel DOUCET was born 10 March 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1714 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste DOUCET married 12 February 1714, Port Royal, Acadia to Marie ROBICHAUD

1715 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DOUCET married 4 March 1715, Port Royal, Acadia to Nicolas LAVIGNE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage of Child
Charles DOUCET married 16 February 1718, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) to Cecile POIRIER

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage of Child
Francois DOUCET married 3 February 1722, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) to Marie CARRE (CARRET)

1725 Marriage of Child
Joseph DOUCET married 6 November 1725, Port Royal, Acadia to Marie-Madeleine ROBICHAUD

1726 Marriage of Child
Germain DOUCET married 26 November 1726, Port Royal, Acadia to Francoise COMEAU

1732 Marriage of Child
Michel DOUCET married 25 November 1732, Port Royal, Acadia to Angelique PITRE

1733 Death of Child
Charles DOUCET died 21 July 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Death — 1739
7 May 1739
Port Royal, Acadia

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Historical names: 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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