Marguerite FOREST

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13 April 1725 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

8 January 1795 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Joseph FOREST Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

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Born: 13 April 1725 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Joseph FOREST

Mother: Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Paternal grandparents: René FOREST , Françoise DUGAS

Maternal grandparents: Charles GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) , Anne BOURG

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Marguerite married Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD 17 August 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD was born 24 October 1723 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean Dominique died abt. 1791 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Jean Dominique was the child of Prudent ROBICHAUD and Françoise BOURGEOIS.

Marguerite FOREST died 8 January 1795 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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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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Marguerite FOREST married

Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD
Marriage date: 17 August 1744
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD was the child of Prudent ROBICHAUD and Françoise BOURGEOIS

Children of Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD and Marguerite FOREST

Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD

Born: 20 June 1745, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 24 August 1794, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Charles AMIRAULT 7 November 1768 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1725
13 April 1725
Port Royal, Acadia

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite FOREST and Jean Dominique ROBICHAUD 17 August 1744, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 19 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD was born 20 June 1745, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

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

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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD married 7 November 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Charles AMIRAULT

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Death of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD died 24 August 1794, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marguerite was 69 years old.

Death — 1795
8 January 1795
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 69.

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