Françoise DOUCET

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abt. 1703 , Acadia, Canada

Died

22 February 1799 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Jean Claude DOUCET Françoise BLANCHARD

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Born: abt. 1703 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean Claude DOUCET

Mother: Françoise BLANCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE , Henriette PELLETRET

Maternal grandparents: Martin BLANCHARD , Françoise LEBLANC

Françoise 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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Françoise married Charles DAIGLE abt. 1723 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles DAIGLE was born abt. 1701 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Charles was the child of Bernard DAIGRE (DAIGLE) and Marie Claire BOURG.

Françoise DOUCET died 22 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Lower 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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Françoise DOUCET married

Charles DAIGLE
Marriage date: abt. 1723
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Charles DAIGLE was the child of Bernard DAIGRE (DAIGLE) and Marie Claire BOURG

Children of Charles DAIGLE and Françoise DOUCET

Charles DAIGLE

Born: abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Josephte VINCENT 1752 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Josephte DAIGLE

Born: abt. 1734, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph VINCENT 1754 Place: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Françoise DAIGLE

Born: abt. 1738, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 30 December 1813, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: François BENOIT 4 February 1761 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Married: Joseph BLANCHARD 19 November 1770 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Françoise DAIGLE married 4 February 1761 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) to François BENOIT

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Françoise DAIGLE married 19 November 1770, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Joseph BLANCHARD

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.