Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS

Born

27 November 1741 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

24 August 1820 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Guillaume BOURGEOIS Anne HEBERT

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Born: 27 November 1741 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Guillaume BOURGEOIS

Mother: Anne HEBERT

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume BOURGEOIS , Catherine Josephe THIBODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre HÉBERT , Marie DUPUIS

Marie Modeste 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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Marie Modeste married Bonaventure GAUDET 28 September 1767 American Colonies . Bonaventure GAUDET was born 7 June 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Bonaventure died 18 June 1816 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Bonaventure was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE and Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU).

Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS died 24 August 1820 in Saint-Jacques, 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.

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Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS married

Bonaventure GAUDET
Marriage date: 28 September 1767
Marriage place: American Colonies
Bonaventure GAUDET was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE and Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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Birth — 1741
27 November 1741
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS and Bonaventure GAUDET 28 September 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

She was 25 years old.

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.

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)

1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bonaventure GAUDET died 18 June 1816, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1820
24 August 1820
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 78.

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