DELOREY (DESLAURIERS)
THOMAS JACQUET DIT DESLAURIERS, SON OF JEAN JACQUET DIT
DESLAURIERS AND MARIE GAUFRE OF ROUANS, FRANCE CAME TO QUEBEC IN THE l740'S AS A CLERK. AT
LAVALTRIE, QUEBEC HE
MARRIED MARGUERITE SEQUIN DAUGHTER OF JEAN-GERMAIN SEQUIN & MARIE-LOUISE QUAY ON JUNE
19, 1752.
IN 1760, THE FAMILY MOVED TO ARICHAT & THEN AGAIN TO FORTUNE
BAY, P.E.I. THERE THEY BUILT A SCHOONER & CARRIED ON TRADE WITH ST. PIERRE-MIQUELON.
THEY LEFT FORTUNE BAY TO SETTLE PERMANENTLY IN TRACADIE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1792 & 1794.
ALL THE DELOREYS FROM POMQUET & TRACADIE ARE DESCENDANTS 0F THOMAS & MARGUERITE.
THOMAS IS SAID TO HAVE RETURNED TO FRANCE BUT WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. |
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