Marie Josephe BOURG

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8 April 1724 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

24 January 1809 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

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Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE Marie DUGAS

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Born: 8 April 1724 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE

Mother: Marie DUGAS

Paternal grandparents: Bernard BOURG , Françoise BRUN

Maternal grandparents: Claude DUGAS , Françoise BOURGEOIS

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Marie Josephe married Jean Baptiste PELLERIN 13 January 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste PELLERIN was born 17 August 1719 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean Baptiste died 22 July 1805 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Jean Baptiste was the child of Jean Baptiste PELLERIN and Marie MARTIN.

Marie Josephe BOURG died 24 January 1809 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada.
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Marie Josephe BOURG married

Jean Baptiste PELLERIN
Marriage date: 13 January 1744
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jean Baptiste PELLERIN was the child of Jean Baptiste PELLERIN and Marie MARTIN

Children of Jean Baptiste PELLERIN and Marie Josephe BOURG

Paul PELLERIN

Born: 28 November 1746, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Marie Louise Elisabeth PETITPAS 1772 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1724
8 April 1724
Port Royal, Acadia

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe BOURG and Jean Baptiste PELLERIN 13 January 1744, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 19 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Paul PELLERIN was born 28 November 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 22 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.

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)

1805 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean Baptiste PELLERIN died 22 July 1805, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Death — 1809
24 January 1809
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 84.

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