Pierre CORMIER

Born

abt. 1703 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

24 December 1757 , Nicolet, Canada, New France

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Alexis CORMIER Marie Anne LEBLANC

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Born: abt. 1703 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Alexis CORMIER

Mother: Marie Anne LEBLANC

Paternal grandparents: Thomas CORMIER , Marie Madeleine GIROUARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LEBLANC , Catherine HÉBERT

Pierre 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marguerite CYR abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marguerite CYR was born abt. 1706 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marguerite died 26 December 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite was the child of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON.

Pierre CORMIER died 24 December 1757 in Nicolet, Canada, New France .

Alternate death 22 Jul 1748 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Pierre CORMIER

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Pierre CORMIER married

Marguerite CYR
Marriage date: abt. 1721
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marguerite CYR was the child of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON

Marriage notes:

About 1721 Pierre, married Marguerite Cyr, daughter of Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson, in Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Pierre CORMIER and Marguerite CYR

Marguerite CORMIER

Born: abt. 1723, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Martin RICHARD 1736 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Françoise CORMIER

Born: abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 24 December 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph RICHARD 29 January 1742 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie-Joseph CORMIER

Born: 1 April 1730, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: ,

Jean-Baptiste CORMIER

Born: abt. 1735, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 23 January 1808, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Angélique DUCHARME dite PROVENCHER 11 January 1767 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Rosalie CORMIER

Born: 20 March 1740, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 27 January 1768, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Armand Grégoire THIBAULT 27 October 1760 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre CORMIER

Born: 28 June 1742, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: 12 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine CORMIER

Born: abt. 1746, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 26 September 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre CHAMPOUX 16 August 1764 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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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

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Joseph CORMIER was born 1 April 1730, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1740 Birth of Child
Rosalie CORMIER was born 20 March 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1742 Marriage of Child
Françoise CORMIER married 29 January 1742, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Joseph RICHARD

1742 Birth of Child
Pierre CORMIER was born 28 June 1742, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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