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== Youth == |
== Youth == |
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Noel Doiron was born in the capital of Acadia, Port Royal. As a boy he moved to Piziquid (present day Windsor, Nova Scotia). |
Noel Doiron was born in the capital of Acadia, Port Royal. As a boy he moved to Piziquid (present day [[Windsor, Nova Scotia]]). |
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== Raid of Benjamin Church, 1704 == |
== Raid of Benjamin Church, 1704 == |
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[[Benjamin Church (military officer)]] came from Boston and burned down the Acadian villages around the Bay of Fundy. He took Noel and Marie Doiron to Boston where they remained imprisoned for two years. Upon returning to Port Royal, they were married in front of a priest and their son, who was born in captivity, was baptised. |
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[[Benjamin Church (military officer)]] came from Boston. |
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== Life in Noel, Nova Scoia == |
== Life in Noel, Nova Scoia == |
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Noel and Marie then settled Trajeptick, which is the now known as the village of Noel, Nova Scotia. They lived there for forty years. |
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== Exodus from Nova Scotia == |
== Exodus from Nova Scotia == |
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In 1750, Noel and Marie Doiron left the village and went to Pointe Prime, Ile St. Jean (i.e., [[Prince Edward Island]]). |
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Noel and Marie Doiron spent eight years on Ile St. Jean. During that time they built a church, while also suffering from extreme deprevation. |
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== The Deportation == |
== The Deportation == |
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After the fall of [[Louisburg]] (1758, Noel Doiron was deported on the Duke Wiliam. After days of slowly sinking in the North Atlantic, Noel Doiron, his wife, five of his adult children and over thirty grandchildren died when the Duke William sank in the English Channel. |
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Revision as of 18:52, 12 January 2010
Noel Doiron (1644 – 13 December 1758) was an Acadian, best-known for being the leader the the East Hants Acadians, the namesake of the village Noel, Nova Scotia (Hants County, Nova Scotia, and making the decision to sacrifice himself so that Captain William Nichols and others could live during the sinking of the Duke William.[1]
Biography
Youth
Noel Doiron was born in the capital of Acadia, Port Royal. As a boy he moved to Piziquid (present day Windsor, Nova Scotia).
Raid of Benjamin Church, 1704
Benjamin Church (military officer) came from Boston and burned down the Acadian villages around the Bay of Fundy. He took Noel and Marie Doiron to Boston where they remained imprisoned for two years. Upon returning to Port Royal, they were married in front of a priest and their son, who was born in captivity, was baptised.
Life in Noel, Nova Scoia
Noel and Marie then settled Trajeptick, which is the now known as the village of Noel, Nova Scotia. They lived there for forty years.
Exodus from Nova Scotia
In 1750, Noel and Marie Doiron left the village and went to Pointe Prime, Ile St. Jean (i.e., Prince Edward Island).
Life on Ile St. Jean
Noel and Marie Doiron spent eight years on Ile St. Jean. During that time they built a church, while also suffering from extreme deprevation.
The Deportation
After the fall of Louisburg (1758, Noel Doiron was deported on the Duke Wiliam. After days of slowly sinking in the North Atlantic, Noel Doiron, his wife, five of his adult children and over thirty grandchildren died when the Duke William sank in the English Channel.
Notes
References
- ^ Scott,S.& Scott, T. (2007). Noel Doiron and the East Hants Acadians. The Journal: The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.
Scott,S.& Scott, T. (2007). Noel Doiron and the East Hants Acadians. The Journal: The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.