Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Madeleine  BOURG

  (b. abt. 1752 Malpeque, Prince, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia   d. 21 January 1849 Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada )  

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Madeleine BOURG was born abt. 1752 in Malpeque, Prince, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Madeleine BOURG was the child of Michel BOURG dit MICHAUD   and   Marguerite Josephte BOURGEOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel BOURG and Marie CORMIER (maternal)  Claude BOURGEOIS and Anne BLANCHARD

Madeleine 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


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

Madeleine  married  Romain ARSENAULT abt. 1770 .  Romain ARSENAULT  was born abt. 1752 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Romain was the child of Joseph ARSENAULT and Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).

Madeleine  married  (2) Jean DESPRES abt. 1774 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean DESPRES  was born abt. 1743 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Jean died 30 October 1817 in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada.  Jean was the child of Pierre DESPRES and Marie Josephe GOUZIL.

Madeleine BOURG died 21 January 1849 in Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada.





m. Arsenault Romain
m. Despres Jean


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Family and Children of Madeleine BOURG

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Madeleine BOURG married flag male ancestor Romain ARSENAULT-- Date: abt. 1770 Place: 
Romain ARSENAULT was the child of Joseph ARSENAULT and Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)




Children of Romain ARSENAULT and Madeleine BOURG:



Madeleine BOURG married flag male ancestor Jean DESPRES-- Date: abt. 1774 Place: 
Jean DESPRES was the child of Pierre DESPRES and Marie Josephe GOUZIL




Children of Jean DESPRES and Madeleine BOURG:

flag female ancestor Marie Madeleine DESPRES (b.6 October 1775, Lac de Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada  d. abt. 1854, Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Jean RICHARD 1798 in , New Brunswick, Canada



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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.
1775 Birth of Child
Marie Madeleine DESPRES was born 6 October 1775, Lac de Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada
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
1817 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean DESPRES died 30 October 1817, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1849 Death
21 January 1849
Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada
Added: 3/13/2017 5:58:04 PM - Updated: 1/29/2026 6:52:34 PM

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