Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marie Modeste  BOURGEOIS

  (b. 27 November 1741 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 24 August 1820 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS was born 27 November 1741 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS was the child of Guillaume BOURGEOIS   and   Anne HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume BOURGEOIS and Catherine Josephe THIBODEAU (maternal)  Alexandre HÉBERT and Marie DUPUIS

Marie Modeste 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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Marie Modeste  married  Bonaventure GAUDET 28 September 1767 American Colonies .  Bonaventure GAUDET  was born 7 June 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Bonaventure died 18 June 1816 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Bonaventure was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE and Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU).

Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS died 24 August 1820 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Bonaventure GAUDET-- Date: 28 September 1767 Place: American Colonies
Bonaventure GAUDET was the child of Pierre GAUDET dit PITRE and Marie BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)




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birth1741 Birth
27 November 1741
Port Royal, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
marriage1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie Modeste BOURGEOIS and Bonaventure GAUDET 28 September 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

She was 25 years old.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bonaventure GAUDET died 18 June 1816, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
death1820 Death
24 August 1820
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 78.
Added: 6/22/2022 8:45:38 AM - Updated: 6/22/2022 8:46:16 AM

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