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HELP! Grave has been located immigrant flag male ancestor  Antoine  BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)

  (b. abt. 1609 France   d. 5 October 1687 Port Royal, Acadia )  

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Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) was born abt. 1609 in France. Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) was the child of ?   and   ?

Antoine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1640.

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

Antoine  married  Antoinette LANDRY abt. 1642 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 11 children. Antoinette LANDRY  was born abt. 1618 in France.  Antoinette died abt. 1686 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). 

Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) died 5 October 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia .

The following is from www.acadian-home.org/ ancestorsacadian.html:

Antoine Bourque, is the father of the Bourque family in Acadia. He was born in France about 1609. There is no actual proof of birth place but it is assumed that he was born in Martaize, in the province of Poitou (today, Vienna). In any event, it is known that Antoine came to Acadia at the beginning of the years of 1640, or perhaps sooner. About 1642, he married Antoinette Landry and they had at least 11 children together.


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  • Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)
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    Title The New Brunswick magazine, Volume 1
    Publisher W.K. Reynolds, 1898
    Original from Harvard University
    Digitized Sep 29, 2007
    Pages 260-261
  • Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)
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    Title The New Brunswick magazine, Volume 1
    Publisher W.K. Reynolds, 1898
    Original from Harvard University
    Digitized Sep 29, 2007
    Pages 260-261
  • Biography
    'Antoine Bourg from Martaizé near Loudun south of the Loire valley in France, born in c1609, was a young farmer when he came to Acadia as a bachelor probably aboard the St.-Jehan in 1636. Hired by either the sieur d'Aulnay or Isaac Razilly to clear land and perform other tasks for the colonial leadership, he was one of the colony's first settlers. In c1642, when he was in his early 30s, he married Antoinette, sister of fellow colonist René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal and settled into...Read MORE...


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  • 1671 Port Royal
    Antoine BOURC, 62, wife Antoinette LANDRY 53; Children (4 married): Marie 26, Francois 27, Jehan 24, Bernard 22; (not married) Martin 21, Jeanne 18, Renee 16, Huguette 14, Jeanne 12, Abraham 9, Marguerite 4; cattle 12, sheep 8.
    1671 Acadian Census
  • 1678 Port Royal
    Anth(oin)e Bourg & Thoinette Landry

    3 acres 6 cattle 1 gun

    1 boy 10 1660 Abraham

    1 girl 11 1667 Marguerite


    1678 Acadian Census
  • 1686 Port Royal
    Antoine BOURC 95, Antoinette LANDRY 80; child: Marguerite 18. (A note in the records says Antoine was 77 and Antoinette was 68.)
    1686 Acadian Census
  • 1686 Death
    5 October 1687
    Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)


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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)

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Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) married Grave has been locatedimmigrant flag female ancestor Antoinette LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1642 Place: Port Royal, Acadia


Children of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY:

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor François BOURC (BOURG) (b.abt. 1644, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marguerite BOUDROT 1665 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Marie BOURC (BOURG) (b.abt. 1645, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 19 September 1730, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Vincent BREAU (BRAULT) bet, 1659-1661 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Jean BOURG (b.abt. 1647, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Marguerite MARTIN 1667 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Bernard BOURG (b.abt. 1648, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Françoise BRUN 1670 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Martin BOURG (b.abt. 1650, Port Royal, Acadia   d. aft. 1714, Cobequid, Acadia )
m. Marie POTET abt. 1675 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Marie Jeanne BOURG (b.abt. 1653, Port Royal, Acadia   d. April 1700, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) abt. 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Renee Madeleine BOURG (b.abt. 1655, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1685, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) January 1674 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Huguette BOURG (b.abt. 1657, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1693, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Sebastien BRUN 1675 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Jeanne BOURG (b.abt. 1659, Port Royal, Acadia   d. ,  )
m. Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON 1677 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag male ancestor Abraham BOURC (BOURG) (b.abt. 1662, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Marie Sebastienne BRUN abt. 1683 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Marguerite BOURG (b.abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 13 September 1727, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Louis ALAIN (ALLAIN) 1690 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)


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'Antoine Bourg from Martaizé near Loudun south of the Loire valley in France, born in c1609, was a young farmer when he came to Acadia as a bachelor probably aboard the St.-Jehan in 1636. Hired by either the sieur d'Aulnay or Isaac Razilly to clear land and perform other tasks for the colonial leadership, he was one of the colony's first settlers. In c1642, when he was in his early 30s, he married Antoinette, sister of fellow colonist René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal and settled into...Read MORE...


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Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)
pinterest
Title The New Brunswick magazine, Volume 1
Publisher W.K. Reynolds, 1898
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 29, 2007
Pages 260-261
Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC)
pinterest
Title The New Brunswick magazine, Volume 1
Publisher W.K. Reynolds, 1898
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 29, 2007
Pages 260-261
1671 Port Royal
Antoine BOURC, 62, wife Antoinette LANDRY 53; Children (4 married): Marie 26, Francois 27, Jehan 24, Bernard 22; (not married) Martin 21, Jeanne 18, Renee 16, Huguette 14, Jeanne 12, Abraham 9, Marguerite 4; cattle 12, sheep 8.
1671 Acadian Census
1678 Port Royal
Anth(oin)e Bourg & Thoinette Landry

3 acres 6 cattle 1 gun

1 boy 10 1660 Abraham

1 girl 11 1667 Marguerite


1678 Acadian Census
1686 Port Royal
Antoine BOURC 95, Antoinette LANDRY 80; child: Marguerite 18. (A note in the records says Antoine was 77 and Antoinette was 68.)
1686 Acadian Census
1686 Death
5 October 1687
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Antoine 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: - Updated: 11/25/2021 10:41:03 AM
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