Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Claude  BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE)

  (b. 26 April 1734 Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)   d. 6 October 1801 Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) was born 26 April 1734 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) was the child of Charles BOURGEOIS   and   Madeleine CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles BOURGEOIS and Marie BLANCHARD (maternal)  Alexis CORMIER and Marie Anne LEBLANC

Claude 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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Claude  married  Marie VIGNEAULT 9 January 1764 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie VIGNEAULT  was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Marie died 12 February 1819 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*.  Marie was the child of Jean Baptiste VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Anne Agnes POIRIER.

Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) died 6 October 1801 in Nicolet, 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.
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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birth1734 Birth
26 April 1734
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
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.
marriage1764 Marriage / Partner
Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) and Marie VIGNEAULT 9 January 1764, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

He was 29 years old.
1772 Birth of Child
Charlotte BOURGEOIS was born 30 July 1772, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Claude was 38 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.
marriage1790 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURGEOIS married 22 November 1790, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Joseph RICHARD
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1794 Marriage of Child
Charlotte BOURGEOIS married 17 February 1794, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Pierre BERGERON
death1801 Death
6 October 1801
Nicolet, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 3/29/2017 9:23:09 AM - Updated: 5/24/2024 3:22:13 PM

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