Madeleine DOUCET

Born

August 1671 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

25 February 1740 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE Henriette PELLETRET

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Madeleine DOUCET was born August 1671 in Port Royal, Acadia

Madeleine DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS? (maternal) Simon PELLETRET and Perrine BOURG

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Madeleine married René BERNARD abt. 1690 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
René BERNARD was born 11 November 1663 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). René died abt. 1707 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence).

Madeleine married (2) Pierre DOIRON abt. 1709 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre DOIRON was born abt. 1680 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pierre was the child of Jean DOIRON and Marie-Anne CANOL.

Madeleine DOUCET died 25 February 1740 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Madeleine DOUCET married

René BERNARD-- Date: abt. 1690 Place: , Acadia, Canada
René Bernard, probably not kin to the other Bernards in the colony, came to Acadia during the late 1680s, perhaps at the behest of the seigneur of Chignecto. René married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret, probably at Beaubassin in c1689. Madeleine gave René eight children, all born at Chignecto, including three sons who created families of their own.

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Children of René BERNARD and Madeleine DOUCET

René BERNARD (b.abt. 1690, , Acadia, Canada d. 26 November 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Anne BELOU 11 July 1713 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph Charles BERNARD (b.1 July 1692, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 19 December 1757, Bonaventure, Canada, New France )
m. Marie Josephte GAUDET 1725 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Marguerite ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 1752 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie BERNARD dite RENOCHET (b.abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume GIROUARD 1713 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean Baptiste BERNARD (b.abt. 1696, , Acadia, Canada d. 19 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie Cecile GAUDET 28 November 1719 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite BERNARD (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 November 1782, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. François ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 1719 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Michel BERNARD (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie BRASSEUR 20 June 1729 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Anne BERNARD (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph POIRIER 2 October 1719 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine DOUCET married

Pierre DOIRON-- Date: abt. 1709 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Pierre DOIRON was the child of Jean DOIRON and Marie-Anne CANOL

Children of Pierre DOIRON and Madeleine DOUCET

Pierre DOIRON (b.15 May 1709, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 14 December 1784, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie Anne FOREST 23 November 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Paul DOIRON (b.abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite MICHEL 1734 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1671 Birth
August 1671
Port Royal, Acadia

1678 Port Royal
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret

1 1/ 2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun

5 boys 17 1661 Toussaint

12 1666 Pierre

14 1664 Jean

6 1672 Louis

3/ M 1678

2 girls 10 1668 Madeleine

3 1675 Jeanne
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1692 Birth of Child
Joseph Charles BERNARD was born 1 July 1692, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine was 20 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Birth of Child
Pierre DOIRON was born 15 May 1709, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
René BERNARD married 11 July 1713, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Anne BELOU

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage of Child
Anne BERNARD married 2 October 1719, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Joseph POIRIER

1719 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BERNARD married 28 November 1719 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie Cecile GAUDET

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

1729 Marriage of Child
Michel BERNARD married 20 June 1729, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Marie BRASSEUR

1733 Marriage of Child
Pierre DOIRON married 23 November 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie Anne FOREST