Agnes CYR

(b. 10 January 1723 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 6 April 1790 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Agnes CYR was born 10 January 1723 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Agnes CYR was the child of Pierre CYR and Claire Angélique CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS (maternal) Thomas CORMIER and Marie Madeleine GIROUARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Agnes married Abraham ARSENAULT 13 February 1747 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham ARSENAULT was born 12 March 1720 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Abraham was the child of Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET.

Agnes CYR died 6 April 1790 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Arsenault Abraham
m. Bacquet Francois

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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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Agnes CYR married

Abraham ARSENAULT-- Date: 13 February 1747 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Abraham ARSENAULT was the child of Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET

Children of Abraham ARSENAULT and Agnes CYR:

Marie Modeste ARSENAULT (b.abt. 1751, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 20 December 1821, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LAVERDIÈRE 13 January 1772 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
10 January 1723
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1747 Marriage / Partner
Agnes CYR and Abraham ARSENAULT 13 February 1747, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

She was 24 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie Modeste ARSENAULT married 13 January 1772, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Joseph LAVERDIÈRE

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.