Pierre LANDRY

Born

27 January 1748 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

27 August 1829 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Pierre LANDRY Cécile ROBICHAUD

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Born: 27 January 1748 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre LANDRY

Mother: Cécile ROBICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Claude LANDRY , Marguerite Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre ROBICHAUD , Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON)

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

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Pierre married Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) 15 February 1780 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) was born abt. 1746 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 22 October 1839 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Madeleine was the child of Seraphin BREAU (BRAULT) and Brigitte MARTIN.

Pierre LANDRY died 27 August 1829 in Saint-Jacques, 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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Pierre LANDRY married

Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT)
Marriage date: 15 February 1780
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Seraphin BREAU (BRAULT) and Brigitte MARTIN

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Birth — 1748
27 January 1748
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LANDRY and Madeleine BREAU (BRAULT) 15 February 1780, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)