Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marguerite  FOREST (FORAIS)

  (b. abt. 1748 Acadia, Canada   d. 16 February 1819 L'Acadie, Lower Canada )  

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Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS) was born abt. 1748 in Acadia, Canada

Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS) was the child of ?   and   ?

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


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

Marguerite  married  François LAFAILLE 10 November 1767 in New England, USA .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
François LAFAILLE  was born 5 November 1741 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  François died 14 June 1824 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). 

Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS) died 16 February 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .

Who are her parents? So much conflicting info out there.

possibly the daughter of Jacques De Forest and Marie Josephe Leprince - not proven


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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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