Pierre Poirier

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FamilySearch: Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896 Pierre Poirier, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
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Geni: Pierre Poirier
Birth  Jan 10, 1733 • Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1766 • New Brunswick, Canada
Parents  Ambroise Poirier • Marie Josephe Gaudet
Siblings  Anastasie Poirier • Charles Poirier • Jeanne Poirier • Joseph Poirier • Marguerite Poirier • Marie Poirier
Spouse  Marguerite Girouard
Children  Agnes Poirier • Basile Poirier • Marie Rosalie Poirier • Pierre Perry

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Pierre Poirier

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wikiTrees: pierre poirier
Birth  Jan 10, 1733 • Beaubassin, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1766 • New Brunswick, Canada
Marriage  1754
Parents  ambroise poirier • marie gaudet
Spouse  marguerite girouard
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/2481235

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weRelate: Pierre "dit Pierrot" Poirier
Birth  Jan 10, 1733 • Beaubassin, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1760
Marriage  1754 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Ambroise Poirier • Marie-Josephe Gaudet
Spouse  marguerite girouard
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Pierre+Poirier+%2811%29

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Pierre Poirier The Odyssey of Pierre Poirier by Acadian historian George Arsenault of PEI: "On this Acadian Day of Remembrance (13 December 2016), I have a special thought for the thousands of Acadians who died during the Deportation years. I also think about my ancestors who managed to escape deportation, especially my ancestor Pierre Poirier who escaped two deportations, the one in 1755 and the one in 1758. His story deserves to be told. I am Georges à Aldine Poirier/Perry à Léon à Romain à Léon à Joseph à Pierre à Pierre Poirier. In the summer of 1755, Pierre Poirier was a young man marriedto Marguerite Girouard. They were expecting their first child. They lived in Tintamarre (near present-day Sackville, N.B.). Like most of the men of the region, Pierre was arrested in the month of August and taken prisoner by the British soldiers. While waiting to be deported, he was incarcerated with others at Fort Lawrence which was located near the place where the Nova Scotia Tourism Information Center stands today, not far from Amherst. The wives of the prisoners were allowed to bring them food. At the request of the men, one of the women brought a knife which she hid in a large loaf of bread. With 5 the help of this knife, the men were able to dig a tunnel under the walls of the fort. During the stormy night of the 1st and 2nd of October 1755, Pierre Poirier and 85 other Acadian prisoners managed to escape through the 12 foot underground tunnel they had made!