Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS

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22 May 1722 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

6 April 1803 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOURGEOIS Anne LEBLANC

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Born: 22 May 1722 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Joseph BOURGEOIS

Mother: Anne LEBLANC

Paternal grandparents: Germain BOURGEOIS , Madeleine DUGAS

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEBLANC , Madeleine BOURG

Joseph Gregoire was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph Gregoire married Marie Catherine COMEAU 2 October 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Catherine COMEAU was born 2 May 1727 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie Catherine died 19 June 1770 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada. Marie Catherine was the child of Abraham COMEAU and Marguerite PITRE.

Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS died 6 April 1803 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

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Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS married

Marie Catherine COMEAU
Marriage date: 2 October 1749
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Catherine COMEAU was the child of Abraham COMEAU and Marguerite PITRE

Children of Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS and Marie Catherine COMEAU

Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE

Born: abt. 1755, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 6 April 1803, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephe LAMOUREUX 8 November 1779 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1722
22 May 1722
Port Royal, Acadia

1749 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS and Marie Catherine COMEAU 2 October 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 27 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Catherine COMEAU died 19 June 1770, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1779 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE married 8 November 1779, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephe LAMOUREUX

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1803
6 April 1803
Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 80.

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