Louis ROBICHAUD

(b. 9 August 1704 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 December 1780 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis ROBICHAUD was born 9 August 1704 in Port Royal, Acadia

Louis ROBICHAUD was the child of Prudent ROBICHAUD and Henriette PETITPAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne ROBICHAUD and Françoise BOUDROT (maternal) Claude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET

Louis 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):

Louis married Jeanne BOURGEOIS 7 February 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne BOURGEOIS was born 30 November 1709 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jeanne died 18 March 1790 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne was the child of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS.

Louis ROBICHAUD died 20 December 1780 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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 Louis ROBICHAUD

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Louis ROBICHAUD married

Jeanne BOURGEOIS-- Date: 7 February 1730 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jeanne BOURGEOIS was the child of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS

Children of Louis ROBICHAUD and Jeanne BOURGEOIS:

Marguerite ROBICHAUD (b.30 May 1730, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Joseph LEBLANC 20 January 1755 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Otho ROBICHAUD (b.29 April 1742, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 December 1824, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie Louise THIBODEAU 18 August 1789 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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1704 Birth
9 August 1704
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Louis ROBICHAUD and Jeanne BOURGEOIS 7 February 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 25 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROBICHAUD was born 30 May 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Louis was 25 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Otho ROBICHAUD was born 29 April 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Louis was 37 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ROBICHAUD married 20 January 1755, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph LEBLANC

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.

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.