Michel BOURG

(b. April 1666 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1721 , Acadia, Canada )

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Michel BOURG was born April 1666 in Port Royal, Acadia

Michel BOURG was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY (maternal) Michel BOUDROT and Michelle AUCOIN

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Michel married Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON abt. 1689 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON was born abt. 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Elisabeth Isabelle died abt. 1724 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Elisabeth Isabelle was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS.

Michel BOURG died abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada.
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Michel BOURG married

Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON-- Date: abt. 1689 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS

About 1689 in Acadia, Canada, Michel married Isabelle Melanson, the daughter of Charles and Marie (Dugas) Melanson of Port Royal.

Acadian Genealogies 14th to 19th Centuries, CD-ROM. Family Group Sheets of Charles Breaux Oram, Utah: Automated Archives, 1994.

Children of Michel BOURG and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON:

Marie Marguerite BOURG (b.abt. 1690, Port Royal, Acadia d. 12 November 1770, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
m. Guillaume CYR 1707 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE 1740 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Michel BOURG (b.abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 August 1754, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Marie CORMIER 24 October 1713 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Louise BOURG (b.abt. 1693, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 11 February 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Antoine GAUDET 1712 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Charles BOURGEOIS 10 July 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine BOURG (b.abt. 1696, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 1 December 1751, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia)
m. Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 13 October 1712 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

François BOURG (b.abt. 1698, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 18 January 1771, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Catherine CORMIER 18 November 1721 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Marie BELIVEAU 1730 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre BOURG (b.abt. 1700, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 13 December 1758, )
m. Cecile CORMIER 1722 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Anne BOURG (b.abt. 1702, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 20 September 1756, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. François HÉBERT 1720 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Alexandre BOURG (b.abt. 1703, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1714, , Acadia, Canada )

Isabelle BOURG (b.abt. 1704, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1765, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Jean HÉBERT 1723 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph BOURG (b.abt. 1706, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 8 December 1758, Cherbourg, France)
m. Anne CORMIER 1733

Jean Baptiste BOURG (b.abt. 1712, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 April 1759, St Malo, Bretagne, France)
m. Marie Anne THÉRIAULT 1733 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1666 Birth
April 1666
Port Royal, Acadia

1671 Port Royal
Francois BOURC 28, wife Marguerite BOUDROT 23; Children: Michel 5, Marie 3; cattle 15, sheep.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Francois Bourg & Marguerite Boudrot

8 acres 15 cattle

2 boys 13 1665 Michel

8 1670 Alexandre

3 girls 10 1668 Marie

5 1673

1 1677
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Michel BOURG 28, Elisabeth MELANCON 21, Marguerite 3, Michel 1; 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 2 pigs, 5 arpents.
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1700 Beaubassin
Michel BOURG 37; Isabelle MELANSON (wife) 26; Michel 10; Francois 2; Marguerite 12; Marie 9; Madeleine 6.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1712 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BOURG married 13 October 1712, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

1713 Marriage of Child
Michel BOURG married 24 October 1713, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie CORMIER

1714 Beaubassin
Michel BOURQ and Elisabeth MELANSON, Francois, Pierre, Anne, Elizabeth, Joseph, Jean-Baptiste, Alexandre.
1714 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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Canadian Ancestry - Acadia - Did you know? The first Acadian Census took place in Port Royal in 1671. One of the first in Canada, the total count was 392 people, 482 cattle, and 524 sheep! In the 1680s and 1690s many people left Port Royal...Read MORE...

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