Marguerite BOURGEOIS

Born

abt. 1700 , Acadia, Canada

Died

14 July 1770 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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Germain BOURGEOIS Madeleine DUGAS

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Born: abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Germain BOURGEOIS

Mother: Madeleine DUGAS

Paternal grandparents: Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS , Jeanne TRAHAN

Maternal grandparents: Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET , Marguerite DOUCET

Marguerite 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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Marguerite married Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN 20 January 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN was born abt. 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia . Joseph died 19 October 1775 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Madeleine BOURG.

Marguerite BOURGEOIS died 14 July 1770 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, 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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Spouse & Children of Marguerite BOURGEOIS

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Marguerite BOURGEOIS married

Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN
Marriage date: 20 January 1721
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Madeleine BOURG

Marriage notes:

Joseph Le Blanc married Marguerite Bourgeois, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas, on 20 January 1721 at Port Royal.

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 255.

Children of Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN and Marguerite BOURGEOIS

Madeleine LEBLANC

Born: 29 September 1721, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 1 June 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph RICHARD 22 July 1743 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Joseph LEPRINCE 26 October 1761 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada

Joseph LEBLANC

Born: 7 January 1726, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Claire Cecile BENOIT 1749 Place: , Acadia, Canada

Basile LEBLANC

Born: 15 October 1727, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 10 May 1801, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne RICHARD 27 November 1752 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Marie LANDRY 1756

Marguerite LEBLANC

Born: abt. 1727, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 21 November 1766 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph BLANCHARD 30 October 1747 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre LEBLANC

Born: 4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 8 September 1814, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Isabelle Elisabeth LANDRY 1767

Josephe LEBLANC

Born: abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 19 August 1807, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Married: Stanislas GOURDEAU 24 January 1752 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Felicite LEBLANC

Born: 7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles RICHARD 29 November 1753 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Cajetan LEBLANC

Born: 17 November 1736, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 8 September 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Amable MARTIN 17 August 1772 Place: Saint-Denis-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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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BOURGEOIS and Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN 20 January 1721 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1721 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC was born 29 September 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1726 Birth of Child
Joseph LEBLANC was born 7 January 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1727 Birth of Child
Basile LEBLANC was born 15 October 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1729 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1733 Birth of Child
Felicite LEBLANC was born 7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1736 Birth of Child
Cajetan LEBLANC was born 17 November 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1743 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 22 July 1743, Port Royal, Acadia to Joseph RICHARD

1747 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC married 30 October 1747 , Port Royal, Acadia to Joseph BLANCHARD

1752 Marriage of Child
Josephe LEBLANC married 24 January 1752, Port Royal, Acadia to Stanislas GOURDEAU

1752 Marriage of Child
Basile LEBLANC married 27 November 1752, Port Royal, Acadia to Marie-Anne RICHARD

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Felicite LEBLANC married 29 November 1753, Port Royal, Acadia to Charles RICHARD

1761 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 26 October 1761, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada to Joseph LEPRINCE

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.