Jacques BOURG

(b. 29 May 1732 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 19 January 1789 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques BOURG was born 29 May 1732 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Jacques BOURG was the child of Michel BOURG and Marie CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BOURG and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON (maternal) Alexis CORMIER and Marie Anne LEBLANC

Jacques 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Marguerite CORMIER 10 August 1754 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite CORMIER was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died 25 November 1790 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marguerite was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR.

Jacques BOURG died 19 January 1789 in Saint-Ours, 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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Family and Children of Jacques BOURG

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Jacques BOURG married

Marguerite CORMIER-- Date: 10 August 1754 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marguerite CORMIER was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR

Children of Jacques BOURG and Marguerite CORMIER:

David BOURG (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 June 1758, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Marguerite-Madeleine BOURG (b.15 June 1759, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1832, Montréal, Lower Canada )

Marie-Francoise BOURG (b.9 February 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. , )

Marie-Isabelle-Elisabeth BOURG (b.3 August 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 May 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

Firmin BOURG (b.9 October 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 February 1775, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.1 March 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 December 1823, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Henri-Marie PAINCHAUD 27 October 1788 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques BOURG (b.9 June 1771, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Marguerite CORON 29 October 1792 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Marie-Euphrosine BOURG (b.12 May 1773, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Antoine BOURG (b.13 March 1775, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 July 1775, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Angelique BOURG (b.23 September 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 July 1777, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BOURG (BOURQUE) (b.19 August 1778, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1842, Coteau-du-Lac, Canada East )
m. Victoire GAUTHIER 22 June 1807 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Josephte LAMOTHE 6 October 1818 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Marguerite BOURG (b.19 August 1781, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1830, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Henry ARCHAMBAULT 6 February 1804 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1732 Birth
29 May 1732
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

1732
Name: Jacques Bourg
Gender: Male
Baptism/ Christening Date: 29 Jun 1732
Baptism/ Christening Place: ROMAN CATHOLIC,BEAUBASSIN,CUMBERLAND,NOVA SCOTIA
Birth Date: 29 May 1732
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Father's Name: Michel Bourg
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Mother's Name: Marie Cormier
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51000-1
Syst Origin: Nova_Scotia-ODM
Source Film Number: unknown
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Collection: Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BOURG and Marguerite CORMIER 10 August 1754, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

He was 22 years old.

1758 Death of Child
David BOURG died 29 June 1758, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jacques was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite-Madeleine BOURG was born 15 June 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jacques was 27 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise BOURG was born 9 February 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jacques was 28 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Isabelle-Elisabeth BOURG was born 3 August 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jacques was 31 years old.

1765 Death of Child
Marie-Isabelle-Elisabeth BOURG died 28 May 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jacques was 33 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Firmin BOURG was born 9 October 1765, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jacques was 33 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 1 March 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jacques was 35 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Jacques BOURG was born 9 June 1771, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 39 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Euphrosine BOURG was born 12 May 1773, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 40 years old.

1775 Death of Child
Firmin BOURG died 15 February 1775, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 42 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Antoine BOURG was born 13 March 1775, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 42 years old.

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
Marie-Angelique BOURG was born 23 September 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 44 years old.

1777 Death of Child
Marie-Angelique BOURG died 6 July 1777, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 45 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BOURG (BOURQUE) was born 19 August 1778, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 46 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BOURG was born 19 August 1781, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jacques was 49 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURG (BOURQUE) married 27 October 1788, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Henri-Marie PAINCHAUD

1789 Death
19 January 1789
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 56.

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