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  (b. 8 January 1621 Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France   d. abt. 1701 Port Royal, Acadia )  

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Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS was born 8 January 1621 in Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France. Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS was the child of ?   and   ?

Jacques-Dit-Jacob was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1643.

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

Jacques-Dit-Jacob  married  Jeanne TRAHAN abt. 1643 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 9 children. Jeanne TRAHAN  was born 8 January 1629 in Bourgueuil, Anjou, France.  Jeanne died July 1699 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Jeanne was the child of Guillaume TRAHAN and Françoise CORBINEAU (CHARBONNEAU).

Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS died abt. 1701 in Port Royal, Acadia .

Occupation: surgeon, colonizer, founder of Beaubassin


Details of the family tree of Jacques-Dit-Jacob appear below.
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  • Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
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    Title Annual report - Public Archives of Canada, Volume 2
    Authors Public Archives of Canada, Douglas Brymner, Sir Arthur George Doughty, Edouard Richard
    Publisher Public Archives, 1906
    Original from Harvard University
    Digitized Sep 19, 2007
    Pages 1-2

  • Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
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    Title Annual report - Public Archives of Canada, Volume 2
    Authors Public Archives of Canada, Douglas Brymner, Sir Arthur George Doughty, Edouard Richard
    Publisher Public Archives, 1906
    Original from Harvard University
    Digitized Sep 19, 2007
    Pages 1-2

  • Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
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    Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White
  • Biography
    BOURGEOIS, JACQUES (Jacob), surgeon, colonizer, founder of Beaubassin; b. sometime between 1618 and 1621 in France, probably at Couperans-en-Brie (department of Seine-et-Marne); d. 1701 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.); founder of the Bourgeois family in Acadia.

    Before leaving France, Bourgeois had entered the medical profession. He came to Port-Royal in 1642 with 18 families that Governor Menou* d’Aulnay brought with him on one of his...Read MORE...


    www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
  • Biography
    'When the English seized Acadia in 1654, four years after d'Aulnay's death, Robert Sedgwick, leader of the English expedition, held Jacques Bourgeois as 'hostage' to insure that Doucet, in command at Port-Royal, would fulfill the terms of surrender. Cormier says that Jacques was repatriated to France along with other French officers and never returned to Acadia. It was Jacques's son, Jacques dit Jacob, not Jacques, père the soldier, who was...Read MORE...


    www.acadiansingray.com
  • 1621 Birth
    8 January 1621
    Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France
  • 1671 Port Royal, Acadia
    Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (two married): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24.
    www.acadian-cajun.com/1671cens.htm
  • 1678 Port Royal
    Jaq Bourgeois & Jeanne Trahan

    20 acres 15 cattle

    2 girls 15 1663 Marie

    12 1666 Jeanne

    www.acadian-cajun.com/1678cens.htm


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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS

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Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS married Grave has been locatedimmigrant flag female ancestor Jeanne TRAHAN-- Date: abt. 1643 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jeanne TRAHAN was the child of Guillaume TRAHAN and Françoise CORBINEAU (CHARBONNEAU)




Children of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN:

flag male ancestor Charles BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1646, , Acadia, Canada   d. , )
m. Anne DUGAS 1668 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Germain BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1650, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1711, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marguerite BELLIVEAU 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Madeleine DUGAS 1682 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1652, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 2 March 1741, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Pierre CYR 10 April 1670 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Germain GIROUARD 9 June 1680 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

flag male ancestor Guillaume BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1655, , Acadia, Canada   d. , )
m. Marie Anne D'APRENDESTIGUY abt. 1686 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag female ancestor Marguerite BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1658, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 8 August 1732, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Jean BOUDROT 1676 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Emmanuel MIRANDE-TAVARE 30 November 1679 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Pierre-Baptiste MAISONNAT 12 January 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Françoise BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1659, , Acadia, Canada   d. bef. 1697, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Claude DUGAS 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Anne BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1661, , Acadia, Canada   d. 28 December 1747 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. René LEBLANC 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Marie BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1664, Port Royal, Acadia   d. aft. 1701, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Antoine LEBLANC 1681 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Jeanne Marie BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 9 June 1716, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Pierre COMEAU dit DES LOUPS-MARINS 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)



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1621 Birth
8 January 1621
Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France
Biography
BOURGEOIS, JACQUES (Jacob), surgeon, colonizer, founder of Beaubassin; b. sometime between 1618 and 1621 in France, probably at Couperans-en-Brie (department of Seine-et-Marne); d. 1701 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.); founder of the Bourgeois family in Acadia.

Before leaving France, Bourgeois had entered the medical profession. He came to Port-Royal in 1642 with 18 families that Governor Menou* d’Aulnay brought with him on one of his...Read MORE...


www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
Biography
'When the English seized Acadia in 1654, four years after d'Aulnay's death, Robert Sedgwick, leader of the English expedition, held Jacques Bourgeois as 'hostage' to insure that Doucet, in command at Port-Royal, would fulfill the terms of surrender. Cormier says that Jacques was repatriated to France along with other French officers and never returned to Acadia. It was Jacques's son, Jacques dit Jacob, not Jacques, père the soldier, who was...Read MORE...


www.acadiansingray.com
Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
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Title Annual report - Public Archives of Canada, Volume 2
Authors Public Archives of Canada, Douglas Brymner, Sir Arthur George Doughty, Edouard Richard
Publisher Public Archives, 1906
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 19, 2007
Pages 1-2

Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
pinterest
Title Annual report - Public Archives of Canada, Volume 2
Authors Public Archives of Canada, Douglas Brymner, Sir Arthur George Doughty, Edouard Richard
Publisher Public Archives, 1906
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 19, 2007
Pages 1-2

Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS
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Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White
1671 Port Royal, Acadia
Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (two married): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24.
www.acadian-cajun.com/1671cens.htm
1678 Port Royal
Jaq Bourgeois & Jeanne Trahan

20 acres 15 cattle

2 girls 15 1663 Marie

12 1666 Jeanne

www.acadian-cajun.com/1678cens.htm
1686 Port Royal
Jacob BOURGEOIS 67, Jeanne TRAHAN 57 child: Guillaume 31 20 arpents.
www.acadian-cajun.com/1686cens.htm
1698 Beaubassin
1698 Beaubassin: Jacques Bourgeois 82, Jeanne Trahan 72, Germain 48, Madne. Dugas (wife) 34, Guillaume 24, Agnes 12; 22 cattle, 15 hogs, 21 arpents, 3 guns, 1 servant.
www.acadian-cajun.com/1698cens.htm
1699 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne TRAHAN died July 1699, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jacques-Dit-Jacob is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."
Added: 3/12/2009 11:39:27 AM - Updated: 8/20/2019 2:09:13 PM

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