Madeleine BOURG

Born

abt. 1752 , Malpeque, Prince, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Died

21 January 1849 , Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada

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Michel BOURG dit MICHAUD Marguerite Josephte BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1752 in Malpeque, Prince, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Father: Michel BOURG dit MICHAUD

Mother: Marguerite Josephte BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Michel BOURG , Marie CORMIER

Maternal grandparents: Claude BOURGEOIS , Anne BLANCHARD

Madeleine 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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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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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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Madeleine BOURG married

Romain ARSENAULT
Marriage date: abt. 1770
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Romain ARSENAULT was the child of Joseph ARSENAULT and Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Madeleine BOURG married

Jean DESPRES
Marriage date: abt. 1774
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Jean DESPRES was the child of Pierre DESPRES and Marie Josephe GOUZIL

Children of Jean DESPRES and Madeleine BOURG

Marie Madeleine DESPRES

Born: 6 October 1775, Lac de Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1854, Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jean RICHARD 1798 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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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 Birth of Child
Marie Madeleine DESPRES was born 6 October 1775, Lac de Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada

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.