Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marguerite  BOURQUE (BOURG)

  (b. 6 January 1739 Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia   d. 25 May 1813 Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )  

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Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 6 January 1739 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG) was the child of Alexandre BOURG   and   Marie HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Alexandre BOURG dit BELLE-HUMEUR and Marguerite MELANÇON (MELANSON) (maternal)  Rene HÉBERT and Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


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Marguerite  married  Joseph DUMAS 8 February 1768 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUMAS  was born 7 November 1743 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud).  Joseph died 16 October 1830 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud).  Joseph was the child of Augustin DUMAS and Marie-Geneviève AUDET.

Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG) died 25 May 1813 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada .
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Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG) married American Revolutionary War Soldier flag male ancestor Joseph DUMAS-- Date: 8 February 1768 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DUMAS was the child of Augustin DUMAS and Marie-Geneviève AUDET




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birth1739 Birth
6 January 1739
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
marriage1768 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG) and Joseph DUMAS 8 February 1768, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 29 years old.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DUMAS married 30 May 1797, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE
death1813 Death
25 May 1813
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 74.
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