Louis ALAIN (ALLAIN)

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abt. 1655 , France

Died

15 June 1737 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: abt. 1655 in France

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Louis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1685.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Louis married Marguerite BOURG abt. 1690 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BOURG was born abt. 1667 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite died 13 September 1727 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite was the child of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY.

Louis ALAIN (ALLAIN) died 15 June 1737 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Louis ALAIN (ALLAIN) married

Marguerite BOURG
Marriage date: abt. 1690
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Source: www.acadiansingray.com

Marguerite BOURG was the child of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY

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Louis Allain, a blacksmith, who may have been a recent arrival in the colony, received in July 1687 permission from the seigneur of Port-Royal to build a sawmill on Petit Rivière, below Port-Royal. Louis also became a successful merchant. He married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry, in c1690. She gave Louis two children, including a son who created a family of his own and a daughter who married the wealthiest man in the colony.

Children of Louis ALAIN (ALLAIN) and Marguerite BOURG

Pierre ALAIN (ALLAIN)

Born: abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 4 October 1744, Brest, France

Married: Marguerite LEBLANC 1717 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Marie Marguerite ALAIN (ALLAIN)

Born: abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Nicolas GAUTHIER 4 March 1715 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, December 7, 1982

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III

In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks.

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

1715 Marriage of Child
Marie Marguerite ALAIN (ALLAIN) married 4 March 1715, Port Royal, Acadia to Joseph-Nicolas GAUTHIER

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

1727 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BOURG died 13 September 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Death — 1737
15 June 1737
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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