Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR)

Born

18 June 1710 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Died

23 October 1789 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Mathieu BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR)Jeanne CÉLESTIN dite BELLEMÈRE

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Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) was born 18 June 1710 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) was the child of Mathieu BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) and Jeanne CÉLESTIN dite BELLEMÈRE

and the grandchild of: (maternal) André CELESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE and Perrine BASILE

Marguerite 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

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Marguerite married Pierre HENRY 2 May 1736 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre HENRY was born abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pierre died 25 February 1770 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Pierre was the child of Robert HENRY and Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON.

Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) died 23 October 1789 in Montréal, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) married

Pierre HENRY-- Date: 2 May 1736 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Pierre HENRY was the child of Robert HENRY and Marie-Madeleine GODIN dite CHATILLON

Children of Pierre HENRY and Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR)

Marguerite HENRY (b.abt. 1743, , Canada d. 28 July 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Germain Jacques GIROUARD 4 July 1763 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marthe HENRY (b.abt. 1755, , Canada d. 13 September 1795, Chambly, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph MONET dit BOISMENU 20 June 1774 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1710 Birth
18 June 1710
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) and Pierre HENRY 2 May 1736, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

She was 25 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Marguerite HENRY married 4 July 1763, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Germain Jacques GIROUARD

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HENRY died 25 February 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1774 Marriage of Child
Marthe HENRY married 20 June 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Joseph MONET dit BOISMENU

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.