Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER

(b. abt. 1637 , England d. 1 March 1703 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER was born abt. 1637 in England

Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER was the child of ? and ?

Lawrence (Laurent) was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1659.

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Lawrence (Laurent) married Marie LANDRY abt. 1667 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie LANDRY was born abt. 1646 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died 26 October 1719 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie was the child of René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG.

Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER died 1 March 1703 in Port Royal, Acadia .

"Laurent Granger, a young sailor from Plymouth, England, or perhaps New England, came to Acadia in the late 1650s during the English occupation. He married Marie, 17-year-old daughter of René Landry, l'âiné, at Port-Royal in c1667. Laurent had to convert to Catholicism, of course, to marry his Acadian girl. She gave him nine children, including five sons, all born in Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their three daughters married into the Babineau dit Deslauriers, Lanoue, and Melanson families. Laurent died at Port-Royal in the early 1700s, in his 60s. "

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Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER married

Marie LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1667 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie LANDRY was the child of René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG

Children of Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER and Marie LANDRY:

Marguerite GRANGER (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 April 1719 , Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Nicolas BABINEAU dit DESLAURIERS 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre GRANGER (b.February 1671 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 January 1737, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Elisabeth Isabelle GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 1693 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jacques GRANGER (b.abt. 1672, Port Royal, Acadia d. 28 February 1739, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Marie GIROUARD 1708

René GRANGER (b.abt. 1674, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1695

Claude GRANGER (b.abt. 1678, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 27 November 1703 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie GRANGER (b.abt. 1680, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 October 1749, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Pierre LANOUE 21 November 1702 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne GRANGER (b.abt. 1684, , Acadia, Canada d. 13 October 1749, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Pierre MELANSON 07 November 1712 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Laurent GRANGER (b.abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada d. 11 May 1751 , Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marie BOURG 24 April 1711 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, May 14, 1983

Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Laurent GRANGER, 34, wife Marie LANDRY 24; Children: Marguerite 3, Pierre 9 months; cattle 5 sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Birth of Child
Pierre GRANGER was born February 1671 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1678 Port Royal
Laurans Granger & Marie Landry

4 acres 6 cattle 1 gun

4 boys

9 1669 Pierre

6 1672 Jacques

4 1674

2 1676 Rene

1 girl 11 1667 Marguerite

1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Laurens GRANGER 46, Marie LANDRY 36 children: Marguerite 18, Pierre 16, Jacques 14, Rene 10, Claude 8, Marie 6, Anne 2 1 gun, 3 arpents, 8 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Port Royal
Laurens GRANGER 57; Marie LANDRY (wife) 50; Claude 21; Laurens 12; Anne 16; 12 cattle, 21 sheep, 12 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1702 Marriage of Child
Marie GRANGER married 21 November 1702, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre LANOUE

1703 Death
1 March 1703
Port Royal, Acadia

Lawrence is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 7/17/2009 2:54:19 PM - Updated: 11/19/2024 10:52:26 AM