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Françoise BOURGEOIS

(b. abt. 1659 , Acadia, Canada d. , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Françoise BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1659 in Acadia, Canada

Françoise BOURGEOIS was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume TRAHAN and Françoise CORBINEAU (CHARBONNEAU)

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Françoise married Claude DUGAS abt. 1673 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Claude DUGAS was born abt. 1652 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Claude died 16 October 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Claude was the child of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite "Judith" DOUCET.

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Françoise BOURGEOIS married

Claude DUGAS-- Date: abt. 1673 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Claude DUGAS was the child of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite "Judith" DOUCET

About 1673 Françoise, married Claude Dugas, son of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, in Acadia, Canada

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS:

Catherine Marie DUGAS (b.abt. 1674, , Acadia, Canada d. 20 September 1733, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON) abt. 1695 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Claude DUGAS (b.abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jeanne BOURG abt. 1695 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Françoise DUGAS (b.abt. 1679, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. René FOREST abt. 1695 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Joseph DUGAS (b.abt. 1680, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean )
m. Claire BOURG 1699 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite DUGAS (b.19 March 1681, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. , , Acadia, Canada )
m. Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) 11 January 1701 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne DUGAS (b.abt. 1683, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Abraham BOURG abt. 1704 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jeanne DUGAS (b.abt. 1684, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre PARR (PART) dit LE FORET 3 February 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Agnès DUGAS (b.abt. 1686, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Michel THIBODEAU 13 November 1704 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François DUGAS (b.abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claire BOURG 24 October 1713 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Madeleine DUGAS (b.abt. 1689, , Acadia, Canada d. 10 August 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT 25 January 1704 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie DUGAS (b.abt. 1691, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE 27 November 1709 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Claude BROUSSARD 18 November 1754 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile DUGAS (b.abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claude BRUN 27 November 1709 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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1671 Port Royal
Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (two married): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1681 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUGAS was born 19 March 1681, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1693 Port Royal
Abraham DUGAS 74, Marguerite DOUCET 66, Claude 44, Francoise BOURGEOIS (his wife) 34, Marie 17, Claude 16, Francoise 14, Joseph 13, Marguerite 11, Anne 10, Jeanne 9, Agnes 7, Francois 5, Madeleine 4, Cecile 1; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 pigs, 26 arpents, 4 guns

1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Francoise is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 8/19/2010 5:12:24 PM - Updated: 11/26/2018 8:09:38 PM

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