Marguerite BOURGEOIS

(b. abt. 1700 , Acadia, Canada d. 14 July 1770 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada

Marguerite BOURGEOIS was the child of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN (maternal) Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Marguerite married Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN 20 January 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN was born abt. 1698 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph died 19 October 1775 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Madeleine BOURG.

Marguerite BOURGEOIS died 14 July 1770 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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.
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Family and Children of Marguerite BOURGEOIS

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Marguerite BOURGEOIS married

Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN-- Date: 20 January 1721 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Madeleine BOURG

Joseph Le Blanc married Marguerite Bourgeois, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas, on 20 January 1721 at Port Royal.

Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 255.

Children of Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN and Marguerite BOURGEOIS:

Madeleine LEBLANC (b.29 September 1721, Port Royal, Acadia d. 1 June 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph RICHARD 22 July 1743 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Joseph LEPRINCE 26 October 1761 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Joseph LEBLANC (b.7 January 1726, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Claire Cecile BENOIT 1749 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Basile LEBLANC (b.15 October 1727, Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 May 1801, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne RICHARD 27 November 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Marie LANDRY 1756

Marguerite LEBLANC (b.abt. 1727, , Acadia, Canada d. 21 November 1766 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph BLANCHARD 30 October 1747 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LEBLANC (b.4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada d. 8 September 1814, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Isabelle Elisabeth LANDRY 1767

Josephe LEBLANC (b.abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada d. 19 August 1807, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Stanislas GOURDEAU 24 January 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Felicite LEBLANC (b.7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Charles RICHARD 29 November 1753 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cajetan LEBLANC (b.17 November 1736, Port Royal, Acadia d. 8 September 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Amable MARTIN 17 August 1772 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1721 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BOURGEOIS and Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN 20 January 1721 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1721 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC was born 29 September 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1726 Birth of Child
Joseph LEBLANC was born 7 January 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1727 Birth of Child
Basile LEBLANC was born 15 October 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1729 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1733 Birth of Child
Felicite LEBLANC was born 7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1736 Birth of Child
Cajetan LEBLANC was born 17 November 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1743 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 22 July 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph RICHARD

1747 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC married 30 October 1747 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph BLANCHARD

1752 Marriage of Child
Josephe LEBLANC married 24 January 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Stanislas GOURDEAU

1752 Marriage of Child
Basile LEBLANC married 27 November 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie-Anne RICHARD

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage of Child
Felicite LEBLANC married 29 November 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles RICHARD

1761 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 26 October 1761, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Joseph LEPRINCE

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.