Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS

(b. abt. 1706 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 10 January 1789 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1706 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS was the child of Claude BOURGEOIS and Anne BLANCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOURGEOIS and Anne DUGAS (maternal) Guillaume BLANCHARD and Huguette GOUGEON (GOUJEON)

Jean Baptiste 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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Jean Baptiste married Anne BERNARD 3 February 1733 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne BERNARD was born abt. 1717 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne died 15 June 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Anne was the child of René BERNARD and Anne BELOU.

Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS died 10 January 1789 in Montréal, 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.
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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Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS married

Anne BERNARD-- Date: 3 February 1733 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Anne BERNARD was the child of René BERNARD and Anne BELOU

Children of Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS and Anne BERNARD:

Anastasie BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1752, , Acadia, Canada d. 27 October 1824, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Louis GOSSELIN 29 April 1771 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS and Anne BERNARD 3 February 1733 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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

1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne BERNARD died 15 June 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Anastasie BOURGEOIS married 29 April 1771, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Louis GOSSELIN

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.