Pierre and Josephte.


Pierre was only three years old when his father died in 1751. His mother remarried twice afterwards, first to Pierre Hilarest in St-Augustine 1754, lastly in Ville de Québec to Henry Grace in 1758. He grew up in the midst of the War of the Conquest as it was known by the French. The small village where his grandparents lived was likely levelled, and Québec, the once proud capital of New France fell to the British in 1759. He was 12 years old when Montréal surrendered the following year.

American War of Independence 1775-1783.