Marie Anne BOURGEOIS

Born

6 February 1734 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

22 March 1805 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean Jacques BOURGEOIS Marie Marguerite BOURG

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Born: 6 February 1734 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Jean Jacques BOURGEOIS

Mother: Marie Marguerite BOURG

Paternal grandparents: Charles BOURGEOIS , Marie BLANCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Michel BOURG , Marie CORMIER

Marie Anne 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 Anne married Joseph VIGNEAULT abt. 1760 . Joseph VIGNEAULT was born 6 August 1732 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . Joseph died 3 August 1814 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Marguerite ARSENAULT.

Marie Anne BOURGEOIS died 22 March 1805 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Jean Vigneault abt. 1760

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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

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Marie Anne BOURGEOIS married

Joseph VIGNEAULT
Marriage date: abt. 1760
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Joseph VIGNEAULT was the child of Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Marguerite ARSENAULT

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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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Birth — 1734
6 February 1734
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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.