Anne
BOURDON
(b.
28 August 1644
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
4 November 1711
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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Anne BOURDON was born 28 August 1644 in Québec, Canada, New France
Anne BOURDON was the child of Jean BOURDON and Jacqueline POTELAnne BOURDON died 4 November 1711 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Anne BOURDON was a first Canadian superior of the Ursulines in New France.
Anne BOURDON was a first Canadian superior of the Ursulines in New France.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1644 Birth 28 August 1644
Québec, Canada, New France
Baptism
Anne Bourdon
28 August 1644
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Anne Bourdon
28 August 1644
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Biography
BOURDON, ANNE, dite de Sainte-Agnès, first Canadian superior of the Ursulines in New France; b. 29 Aug. 1644 at Quebec, daughter of Jean Bourdon*, attorney general of New France and Jacqueline Potel; d. 4 Nov. 1711.
As early as 23 Aug. 1648 the “Registre des entrées des pensionnaires” mentions the girl’s presence at the Ursuline seminary: “Her mother brought her there through fear of the Iroquois.” Anne, a precocious child, applied to enter the order of the Ursulines of Quebec at the age of 14. She was admitted to the noviciate on 8 Sept. 1658, and made her profession on 30 Sept. 1660. Bishop Laval received the young Ursuline’s vows, “a thing which had never occurred before in Canada.” The wording of the vows required her “to concern herself to the best of her ability with the teaching of little French and Indian girls.” Hence the necessity of learning the Algonkian, Huron, and even Iroquois languages. Anne Bourdon had as her teacher of Indian languages Marie de l’Incarnation...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
BOURDON, ANNE, dite de Sainte-Agnès, first Canadian superior of the Ursulines in New France; b. 29 Aug. 1644 at Quebec, daughter of Jean Bourdon*, attorney general of New France and Jacqueline Potel; d. 4 Nov. 1711.
As early as 23 Aug. 1648 the “Registre des entrées des pensionnaires” mentions the girl’s presence at the Ursuline seminary: “Her mother brought her there through fear of the Iroquois.” Anne, a precocious child, applied to enter the order of the Ursulines of Quebec at the age of 14. She was admitted to the noviciate on 8 Sept. 1658, and made her profession on 30 Sept. 1660. Bishop Laval received the young Ursuline’s vows, “a thing which had never occurred before in Canada.” The wording of the vows required her “to concern herself to the best of her ability with the teaching of little French and Indian girls.” Hence the necessity of learning the Algonkian, Huron, and even Iroquois languages. Anne Bourdon had as her teacher of Indian languages Marie de l’Incarnation...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1644 Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1711 Death 4 November 1711
Québec Province, Canada
She died at the age of 67.
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