Joseph BOURG

(b. abt. 1737 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 21 June 1797 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BOURG was born abt. 1737 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph BOURG was the child of Michel BOURG and Marie CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BOURG and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON (maternal) Alexis CORMIER and Marie Anne LEBLANC

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Joseph married Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE abt. 1763 in Fredericton, York, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Anne died 17 January 1828 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie Anne was the child of Michel BERGERON dit NANTES and Marie DUGAS.

Joseph BOURG died 21 June 1797 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Joseph BOURG married

Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE-- Date: abt. 1763 Place: Fredericton, York, Acadia
Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE was the child of Michel BERGERON dit NANTES and Marie DUGAS

Joseph Bourg married Marie Bergeron daughter of Michel Bergeron, before 1763

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, p247

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Children of Joseph BOURG and Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE:

Francois-Joseph BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.27 September 1764, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1842, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite LEPRINCE 15 November 1790 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.10 May 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 February 1818, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie BOURQUE (BOURG) 21 January 1799 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Grégoire BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.30 August 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Michel BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.13 September 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 April 1853, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte DOUCET 24 February 1800 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.20 May 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 July 1851, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS 1 February 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Pierre BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.abt. 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 December 1818, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

David BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.18 May 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 July 1863, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine HEBERT 7 January 1806 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Angèle BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.15 August 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 March 1867, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. François-D'assise RICHARD 9 November 1801 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marquerite BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.21 August 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 May 1838, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

Josephe-Marie BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.5 May 1784, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 June 1804, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

François BOURQUE (BOURG) (b.23 March 1786, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 May 1854, Saint-Célestin, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte HEBERT 9 February 1813 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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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.

1764 Birth of Child
Francois-Joseph BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 27 September 1764, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1766 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 10 May 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1768 Birth of Child
Grégoire BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 30 August 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1770 Birth of Child
Michel BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 13 September 1770, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 20 May 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1778 Birth of Child
David BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 18 May 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1780 Birth of Child
Angèle BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 15 August 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1782 Birth of Child
Marquerite BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 21 August 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Josephe-Marie BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 5 May 1784, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1786 Birth of Child
François BOURQUE (BOURG) was born 23 March 1786, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1790 Marriage of Child
Francois-Joseph BOURQUE (BOURG) married 15 November 1790, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Marguerite LEPRINCE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) married 1 February 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS

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