Pierre
CYR
(b.
abt. 1747
,
Acadia, Canada
d.
1 January 1816
,
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre CYR was born abt. 1747 in Acadia, Canada
Pierre CYR was the child of Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON (maternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANCPierre CYR died 1 January 1816 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
m. Dinelle Marie-Marguerite
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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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.
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
1816 Death 1 January 1816
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
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