Marguerite-Blanche Cyr

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Marguerite-Blanche Cyr (Thibodeau)

Also Known As: "Tante Blanche"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grand Pré, Annapolis, Acadia, Canada
Death: March 28, 1810 (68-76)
Colonie de Madawaska, St. Basil, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Place of Burial: St Basil, Madawaska, NB, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau and Marie LeBlanc
Wife of Joseph François Cyr
Mother of Marie- Josephe Cyr; Joseph Sylvain Cyr; Firmin Cyr; Jean-Baptiste Cyr; Théotiste Cyr and 7 others
Sister of Marie-Marguerite Thibodeau; Germain Thibodeau; Marie-Josephe Thibodeau; Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau; Olivier Thibodeau and 7 others
Half sister of Pierre Landry

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About Marguerite-Blanche Cyr

"Taunte Blanche" kept the settlement functioning during the famine of 1797 when the men left to hunt food because the crops failed. A museum in her memory is located near St. David church & the Acadian cross placed to mark landing spot of the early Madawaska families (1785).

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Marguerite-Blanche Cyr's Timeline

1715
May 5, 1715
Grand Pré, Annapolis , Acadie, Canada
1738
March 23, 1738
Grand Pré, Annapolis, Acadia, Canada
1762
November 6, 1762
Kamouraska, QC, Canada
1764
June 11, 1764
Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
1766
April 19, 1766
Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
1767
September 18, 1767
1771
July 4, 1771
Fort Beausejour, New Brunswick, Canada
July 4, 1771
Ecoupage, New Brunswick, Canada
1772
March 19, 1772
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada