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Cecile Poirier

French: Marie-Cécile Poirier
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Acadie, Beaubassin, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colony]
Death: January 22, 1800 (71-72)
St.-Jacques, La Luisiana, New Spain
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jean-Baptiste Poirier and Marie Cormier
Wife of Olivier Landry and Jean-Baptiste Jacques Leger
Mother of Joseph Landry; Marie-Helene Landry and Jean-Antoine Landry
Sister of Marie Poirier; Joseph Poirier; Anne-Marie Poirier; Madeleine Poirier; Pierre Poirier and 4 others

Managed by: Edward Leo Neary
Last Updated:

About Cecile Poirier

  • Sources:
    • Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab)
    • Passenger List of the first Acadians to arrive in present day Louisiana - February 1764 - From the Province of Georgia via Mobile, British West Florida to New Orleans, La Luisiana, New Spain (age: 39)
    • On a list of Acadians in the Province of South Carolina dated Aug 1763
    • On a list of Acadians in the Province of Georgia in 1763
    • Cabanocé, La Luisiana census, 1766 (unnamed)
    • St.-Jacques, La Luisiana census, 1777 ( age 52)
    • St.-Jacques, La Luisiana census, 1779 (unnamed)
  • Notes:'
    • Exiled to Province of Georgia in 1755 from Acadie (age 30)
    • Moved to Province of New York and held in New York from 1756 to 1763
    • Among the very first 21 "Acadians" to reach present day Louisiana


"Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5N-SZR : accessed 20 May 2016), Olivier Landry and Cecile Poirrier, 24 Sep 1748; citing Roman Catholic,Beaubassin,Cumberland,Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm unknown.

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Cecile Poirier's Timeline

1728
1728
Acadie, Beaubassin, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colony]
1749
1749
Acadie, British Colony
1751
1751
Acadie, British Colony
1760
November 13, 1760
Speculated birthplace, Province of New York, British Colony
1800
January 22, 1800
Age 72
St.-Jacques, La Luisiana, New Spain
2005
March 30, 2005
Age 72