Michel BOURGEOIS

(b. 12 August 1722 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 31 August 1775 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Michel BOURGEOIS was born 12 August 1722 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Michel BOURGEOIS was the child of Charles BOURGEOIS and Madeleine CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOURGEOIS and Marie BLANCHARD (maternal) Alexis CORMIER and Marie Anne LEBLANC

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

Michel married Marguerite RICHARD abt. 1750 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite RICHARD was born abt. 1724 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died 24 March 1799 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Martin RICHARD and Marie CORMIER.

Michel BOURGEOIS died 31 August 1775 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Michel BOURGEOIS married

Marguerite RICHARD-- Date: abt. 1750 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marguerite RICHARD was the child of Martin RICHARD and Marie CORMIER

Children of Michel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite RICHARD:

David BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1754, , Acadia, Canada d. 24 January 1808, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Madeleine CORMIER 15 January 1780 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel BOURGEOIS (b.16 September 1767, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 July 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY 16 January 1792 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1722 Birth
12 August 1722
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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.