Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS

(b. 29 August 1733 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 23 October 1812 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS was born 29 August 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS was the child of Claude BOURGEOIS and Marie LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS (maternal) Pierre LEBLANC and Madeleine BOURG

Joseph-Abel 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

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Joseph-Abel married Marguerite DOUCET 28 September 1767 American Colonies . Marguerite DOUCET was born 18 March 1741 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 29 December 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG.

Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS died 23 October 1812 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Doucet Marguerite

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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.
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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Marguerite DOUCET-- Date: 28 September 1767 Place: American Colonies
Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG

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1733 Birth
29 August 1733
Port Royal, Acadia

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

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite DOUCET 28 September 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

He was 34 years old.

1775 - 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.