Pierre AMIRAULT

Born

9 April 1720 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

16 August 1803 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)Madeleine LORD (LAURE)

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Born: 9 April 1720 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Mother: Madeleine LORD (LAURE)

Paternal grandparents: François AMIRAULT dit TOURANGEAU , Marie PITRE DE PALOMCOUP

Maternal grandparents: Julien LORD (LOURT) dit LAMONTAGNE , Anne Charlotte GIROUARD

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Pierre married Marie-Eustache HEBERT 24 January 1746 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Eustache HEBERT was born 7 February 1725 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie-Eustache died 15 March 1801 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . Marie-Eustache was the child of Alexandre HÉBERT and Marie DUPUIS.

Pierre AMIRAULT died 16 August 1803 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .

m. Hebert Marie-Eustache

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Marie-Eustache HEBERT
Marriage date: 24 January 1746
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie-Eustache HEBERT was the child of Alexandre HÉBERT and Marie DUPUIS

Children of Pierre AMIRAULT and Marie-Eustache HEBERT

Scholastique MIREAULT (MIRAULT)

Born: abt. 1749, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Alexis DESMARAIS 7 August 1769 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie MIREAULT

Born: abt. 1760,
Died: ,

Married: Antoine VINCENT 13 February 1786 Place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1720
9 April 1720
Port Royal, Acadia

1746 Marriage / Partner
Pierre AMIRAULT and Marie-Eustache HEBERT 24 January 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He 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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Scholastique MIREAULT (MIRAULT) married 7 August 1769, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph-Alexis DESMARAIS

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie MIREAULT married 13 February 1786, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada to Antoine VINCENT

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Eustache HEBERT died 15 March 1801, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Death — 1803
16 August 1803
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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