Michel BOURGEOIS

Born

abt. 1749 , Acadia, Canada

Died

13 June 1799 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Claude BOURGEOIS Marie Anne CORMIER

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Born: abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Claude BOURGEOIS

Mother: Marie Anne CORMIER

Paternal grandparents: Claude BOURGEOIS , Anne BLANCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Germain CORMIER , Marie Josephe LEBLANC

Michel 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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Michel married Nathalie COMEAU 2 February 1773 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nathalie COMEAU was born 5 July 1751 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Nathalie died 24 January 1838 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Nathalie was the child of Jean Baptiste COMEAU and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Michel BOURGEOIS died 13 June 1799 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel BOURGEOIS married

Nathalie COMEAU
Marriage date: 2 February 1773
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Nathalie COMEAU was the child of Jean Baptiste COMEAU and Anne BOURGEOIS

Children of Michel BOURGEOIS and Nathalie COMEAU

Françoise BOURGEOIS

Born: abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis THERRIEN 1 October 1804 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Michel BOURGEOIS and Nathalie COMEAU 2 February 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.