HELP! flag male ancestor  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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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Joseph BOURG

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Joseph BOURG married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor 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:

flag male ancestor 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)

flag male ancestor 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

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

flag male ancestor 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)

flag female ancestor 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)

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

flag male ancestor 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)*

flag female ancestor 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)

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

flag female ancestor 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* )

flag male ancestor 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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Kings and Queens1763 - 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)
News1775 - 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 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)
marriage1790 Marriage of Child
Francois-Joseph BOURQUE (BOURG) married 15 November 1790, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Marguerite LEPRINCE
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1796 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) married 1 February 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/23/2025 1:19:06 PM
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