Anne BOURGEOIS

Born

17 October 1723 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

27 May 1781 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Guillaume BOURGEOIS Catherine Josephe THIBODEAU

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Born: 17 October 1723 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Guillaume BOURGEOIS

Mother: Catherine Josephe THIBODEAU

Paternal grandparents: Germain BOURGEOIS , Marguerite BELLIVEAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre THIBODEAU , Jeanne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Anne married Jean Baptiste COMEAU 3 February 1748 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean Baptiste COMEAU was born 21 February 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean Baptiste died 27 February 1797 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Jean Baptiste was the child of Augustin COMEAU and Marie Jeanne LEVRON.

Anne BOURGEOIS died 27 May 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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.
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Anne BOURGEOIS married

Jean Baptiste COMEAU
Marriage date: 3 February 1748
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jean Baptiste COMEAU was the child of Augustin COMEAU and Marie Jeanne LEVRON

Marriage notes:

Jean Baptiste Comeau married Anne Bourgeois, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and Catherine Josephe Thibodeau, 3 FEB 1748 in Port Royal, Acadia, Canada

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes., p. 260

Children of Jean Baptiste COMEAU and Anne BOURGEOIS

Augustin COMEAU

Born: 6 December 1749, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 17 December 1806, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Nathalie COMEAU

Born: 5 July 1751, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 24 January 1838, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Michel BOURGEOIS 2 February 1773 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste COMEAU

Born: 9 June 1753, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Joseph COMEAU

Born: abt. 1754, , Canada
Died: 7 August 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Josephte COMEAU

Born: abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean THIBERT 27 November 1780 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1723
17 October 1723
Port Royal, Acadia

1748 Marriage / Partner
Anne BOURGEOIS and Jean Baptiste COMEAU 3 February 1748, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Augustin COMEAU was born 6 December 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne was 26 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Nathalie COMEAU was born 5 July 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne was 27 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste COMEAU was born 9 June 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne was 29 years old.

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 of Child
Nathalie COMEAU married 2 February 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Michel BOURGEOIS

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Josephte COMEAU married 27 November 1780 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean THIBERT