Joseph BOURG

Born

13 November 1733 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

3 January 1797 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph BOURG

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Born: 13 November 1733 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Parents of Joseph BOURG

Father

Joseph BOURG

Mother

Anne CORMIER

Grandparents of Joseph BOURG

Paternal grandparents

Michel BOURG Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON

Maternal grandparents

Alexis CORMIER Marie Anne LEBLANC

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

Joseph married Catherine COMEAU abt. 1763 . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Catherine COMEAU was born abt. 1741 in Petitcodiac, Acadia . Catherine died 8 May 1817 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Ambroise COMEAU and Marguerite CORMIER.

Joseph BOURG died 3 January 1797 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph BOURG

Joseph BOURG married

Catherine COMEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1763
Marriage place:
Catherine COMEAU was the child of Ambroise COMEAU and Marguerite CORMIER

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Children of Joseph BOURG and Catherine COMEAU

Adelaide BOURG

Born: abt. 1763,
Died: 27 March 1842, Bonaventure, Canada East

Married: Francois LANDRY 13 March 1784 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Theotiste BOURG

Born: abt. 1766,
Died: 27 March 1842, Bonaventure, Canada East

Anne Jeanne BOURG

Born: abt. 1769,
Died: ,

Married: Charles POIRIER 6 July 1789 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite Pelagie BOURG (BOURQUE)

Born: abt. 1770,
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Servan ROBICHAUD 21 February 1791 Place: Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Marie BOURG

Born: abt. 1774,
Died: ,

Married: Michel GUIGNARD 23 January 1792 Place: Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Joseph BOURG (BOURQUE)

Born: 15 March 1776, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 March 1824, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Jean-Urbain BOURG (BOURQUE)

Born: 18 April 1779, Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Charlotte BOURG (BOURQUE)

Born: abt. 1780, , Canada
Died: 15 June 1821, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1733
13 November 1733
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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 - 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Joseph BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 15 March 1776, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Jean-Urbain BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 18 April 1779, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Joseph was 45 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)