Marguerite MARTIN

(b. abt. 1639 , Acadia, Canada d. 24 April 1707 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Marguerite MARTIN was born abt. 1639 in Acadia, Canada

Marguerite MARTIN was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Catherine VIGNEAU

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Marguerite married Jean BOURG abt. 1667 in Truro, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 9 children. Jean BOURG was born abt. 1647 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean was the child of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY.

Marguerite MARTIN died 24 April 1707 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Marguerite MARTIN married

Jean BOURG-- Date: abt. 1667 Place: Truro, Acadie
Jean BOURG was the child of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY

Children of Jean BOURG and Marguerite MARTIN:

Anne BOURG (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. 4 July 1766, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Pierre THIBODEAU 1690 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Marguerite BOURG (b.abt. 1670, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean NAQUIN dit L'ÉTOILLE 1698 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie BOURG (b.abt. 1673, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Charles ROBICHAUD dit CADET 18 June 1703 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Elisabeth Isabelle BOURG (b.abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Jean GAUDET 1697 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Madeleine BOURG (b.abt. 1678, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Catherine BOURG (b.abt. 1680, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean TURPIN dit LA GIROFLÉE 16 January 1708 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste BOURG (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia d. 22 February 1757, Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia )
m. Marie BARIAU (BERIAULT) 1706 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Françoise AUCOIN 1719 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jeanne BOURG (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Louis BOURG (b.abt. 1690, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Cecile MICHEL 1721 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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'Marguerite, born about 1639 (rec. 1671), 1644 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), 1652 (rec. 1693), 1648 (rec. 1698) or 1651 (rec. 1699), died 1707-04-24, buried 1707-04-25 Port-Royal (Acadie), married about 1667 Jean BOURG'

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Marguerite MARTIN - Title A great and noble scheme: the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland Author John Mack Faragher Edit

Title A great and noble scheme: the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland
Author John Mack Faragher
Edition illustrated
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
ISBN 0393051358, 9780393051353
Length 562 pages
Page 64

1643 - May 14 - Louis XIV becomes King of France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Census - Port Royal
Jean BOURC, 26, wife Marguerite MARTIN 27, children: Anne 3, Marguerite 2 cattle 3, sheep 5.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Census - Port Royal
Pierre MARTIN, 70, wife Catherine VIGNEAU 68 Children (married): Pierre 45, Marie 35, Marguerite 32, Andre 30 (not married): Mathier 35 cattle 7, sheep 8.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Jean BOURC 40, Marguerite MARTIN children: Anne 18, Marguerite 16, Marie 13, Isabelle 10, Magdelaine 8, Catherine 6, Jean-Baptiste 3 1 gun, 12 arpents, 16 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal, Acadia
Jean BOURG 40, Marguerite MARTIN 41, Anne 25, Marguerite 23, Elizabeth 18, Madeleine 13, Catherine 12, Jean Baptiste 9; 20 cattle, 18 sheep, 18 pigs, 12 arpents, 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Marguerite MARTIN widow (of Jean BOURG) 50; Marguerite 27; Magdelaine 20; Catherine 17; Jean 14; Jeanne 11; Louise 8; 1 cow, 6 sheep, 16 hogs, 16 arpents, 80 fruit trees.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Marguerite MARTIN, widow of Jean BOURG, 48; Jean-Batiste 16; Madeleine 20; Catherine 19; Jeanne 16; 8 cattle. 6 sheep, 12 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1703 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURG married 18 June 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles ROBICHAUD dit CADET

1707 Death
24 April 1707
Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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