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Francois Poirier (abt. 1698 - bef. 1752)

Francois Poirier
Born about in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Husband of — married about 1726 in Acadiemap
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Died before before about age 54 in Acadiemap
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Biography

Francois was born around 1698 in Beaubassin. He was the son of Michel Poirier and Marie Chiasson. [1][2]

Francois married Marguerite Doucet (born in Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Louis Doucet and Marguerite Girouard) around 1726 in Acadie. [2]

Their children were: [3]

  1. Marie Poirier (about 1727– ) .
  2. Francois Poirier (about 1727–1804) .
  3. Abraham Poirier (1730–after 1758) .
  4. Madeleine Poirier (about 1737–1757)
  5. Unknown Poirier C. 5 Apr 1734 Beaubassin
  6. Jean Poirier (about 1740–1817)
  7. Unknown Poirier b. ca 1752 census

He died before the 1752 census. [2] Marguerite was listed as a widow with 5 children in that census. [4] [5]

François Poirier was listed as deceased on the burial record of his daughter Madeleine Poirier 12 Nov 1757.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1700 Census of Beaubassin Michel POIRIER 33; Marie CHIASSON 22; Michel 7; François 2; Marie 6; Cecille 4; 9 cattle; 5 sheep; 12 arpents, 1 gun.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stephen A.,White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), p. 1330. No place given for birth or marriage. Died before the census of 1752 (1 January)
  3. ↑ Marcel W Landry “Généalogies des Landry a travers le monde” Francois Accessed 8/1/2023.
  4. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.
    Pointe-à-Beauséjour: The widow POIRIER, 4 boys, 1 girl.
  5. ↑ Stephen A. White, Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, pp. 374-375.

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