Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marguerite  POIRIER

  (b. abt. 1749 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 30 December 1780 Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )  

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Marguerite POIRIER was born abt. 1749 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite POIRIER was the child of Claude POIRIER dit GLODICHE   and   Marguerite CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel POIRIER and Madeleine BOURGEOIS (maternal)  Guillaume CYR and Marie Marguerite BOURG

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite  married  Joseph DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY 17 April 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .  Joseph DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY  was born 15 July 1737 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Joseph died 14 August 1789 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Joseph was the child of Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY and Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL.

Marguerite POIRIER died 30 December 1780 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .





m. Bourg Jean
m. Deshaies Joseph


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