Catherine COMEAU

(b. abt. 1741 , Petitcodiac, Acadia d. 8 May 1817 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada )

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Catherine COMEAU was born abt. 1741 in Petitcodiac, Acadia

Catherine COMEAU was the child of Ambroise COMEAU and Marguerite CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON and Jeanne BOURG (maternal) Germain CORMIER and Marie Josephe LEBLANC

Catherine 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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Catherine married Joseph BOURG abt. 1763 . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Joseph BOURG was born 13 November 1733 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Joseph died 3 January 1797 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Joseph was the child of Joseph BOURG and Anne CORMIER.

Catherine COMEAU died 8 May 1817 in Bonaventure, Lower 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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Family and Children of Catherine COMEAU

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Catherine COMEAU married

Joseph BOURG-- Date: abt. 1763 Place:
Joseph BOURG was the child of Joseph BOURG and Anne CORMIER

Pendant l'exil de la déportation

Children of Joseph BOURG and Catherine COMEAU:

Adelaide BOURG (b.abt. 1763, d. 27 March 1842, Bonaventure, Canada East )
m. Francois LANDRY 13 March 1784 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Theotiste BOURG (b.abt. 1766, d. 27 March 1842, Bonaventure, Canada East )

Anne Jeanne BOURG (b.abt. 1769, d. , )
m. Charles POIRIER 6 July 1789 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite Pelagie BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.abt. 1770, d. , )
m. Joseph-Servan ROBICHAUD 21 February 1791 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Marie BOURG (b.abt. 1774, d. , )
m. Michel GUIGNARD 23 January 1792 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Joseph BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.15 March 1776, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1824, Bonaventure, Lower Canada )

Jean-Urbain BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.18 April 1779, Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Charlotte BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.abt. 1780, , Canada d. 15 June 1821, Bonaventure, Lower Canada )

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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.

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Joseph BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 15 March 1776, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

1779 Birth of Child
Jean-Urbain BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 18 April 1779, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Adelaide BOURG married 13 March 1784, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Francois LANDRY

1789 Marriage of Child
Anne Jeanne BOURG married 6 July 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Charles POIRIER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Marguerite Pelagie BOURG (BOURQUE) married 21 February 1791, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure) to Joseph-Servan ROBICHAUD

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURG married 23 January 1792, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure) to Michel GUIGNARD

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)