Other Events:

• Residence: 1755, Massachusetts; after being transported with his wife and many of their children

Claude married Marie LeBlanc 24 Nov 1721, Port Royal. Marie (daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Madeleine Bourg) was born 1 Jan 1706, Acadia; died 24 Jan 1781, l'Achigan, , Quebec; was buried 25 Jan 1781, Saint Jacques de l'Achigan, , Quebec. [Group Sheet]

1. Pierre Benjamin Bourgeois was born 16 May 1726, Acadia; died 21 Nov 1821, Grande Digue; was buried 24 Nov 1821, Grande Digue.
2. Marie Madeleine Bourgeois was born 7 May 1728, Port Royal; died 1780, Nantes; was buried 16 May 1780, Nantes.
3. Anastasie Bourgeois was born 2 Dec 1730, Port Royal; died 24 Jul 1793.
4. Elizabeth Bourgeois was born 2 Dec 1730, Port Royal.
5. Joseph Abel Bourgeois was born 29 Aug 1733; died 1812.
6. Amand Bourgeois was born 25 Mar 1735, Port Royal.
7. Amable Bourgeois was born 28 Oct 1737, Port Royal; died 1795.
8. Gertrude Bourgeois was born 10 May 1739, Port Royal.
9. Marguerite Bourgeois was born 10 May 1741, Port Royal; died Abt 1796.
10. Nathalie Bourgeois was born 7 Feb 1743, Port Royal.
11. Germain Bourgeois was born 28 Dec 1749; died 1820.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Port Royal; a middle-class merchant
• Misc: 20 Mar 1682; appears on the record of La Vallière's allotment to his tenants
• Misc: 1685; signed at age 35, a deposition for the prosecution of Jean Campagna
• Misc: 1696, Beaubassin; presented himself to Major Benjamin Church delivering a written undertaking

Notes:

Died:
The Bourgeois book by Paul-Pierre Bourgeois, page 72, states that Germain ``d 1711, Port Royal, en prison comme hôtage du serment d'àllégence (61a)``. This translates into something like: he died in prison as a hostage for the oath of allegiance.
White's dictionnaire gives Germain's death as appearing in the Port Royal parish register in 1711, "durant la captivité de Père Durand à Boston" which translates to 'during the cpativity of Father Durand at Boston'.

Germain married Madeleine Dugas 1682, Port Royal. Madeleine (daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Louise Doucet) was born Abt 1664, Acadia; died 8 Aug 1738, the parish of Port Royal; was buried 9 Aug 1738, the parish of Port Royal. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

B23-p.72-died 1738 aged 94 yrs.

Buried:
Present at her burial were Guillaume Bourgeois, Joseph Bourgeois, Claude Bourgeois, Agnes Bourgeois & Francoise Bourgeois, her children.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Acadia; a surgeon
• Occupation: Beaubassin; founder
• Residence: Abt 1642, Acadia
• Misc: 1667, Baie Francaise (Bay of Fundy); and others families chose a site where a new settlement will begin
• Residence: in the fall 1671 and during 1672, Mésagouèche Point, Beaubassin; and transports his family along with the Dugas, Cyr & Melanson families
• Occupation: Abt 1672, the south bank of the Missagouash River; developing a new colony between Pointe Beausejour and present-day Amherst

Jacques married Jeanne Trahan Abt 1643, Port Royal. Jeanne (daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Francoise Corbineau) was born 1629, , France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Bona Arsenault gives the marriage year as abt 1644. Stephen White gives the marrage year as about 1643.

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - Name Bona-vol.2,p.524-name,b.yr,marr.info;he was a gunsmith(armurier de Roy),a native of Toulouse,lieutenant general in Acadia,arrived in Port Royal around 1640.

Abraham married Marguerite Louise Doucet 1647. Marguerite (daughter of Germain dit LaVerdure Doucet and ?) was born Abt 1625; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - name Bona-vol.2,p.524-name,marr.info.,daug of Germain doucet dit Laverdure -vol.2,p.506-name,b.yr,spouse

Other Events:

• Occupation: a farrier
• Residence: Bef 1636, Saint Germaine de Bourgeuil, Indre-et-Loire, France
• Residence: Abt 1636, Acadia, arriving

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.816-marshal,arrived in Acadia in 1636; came from Saint Germain de Bourgeuil, Indre-et-Loire, France;two marr.infos;d.dt & b.dt. -vol.2,p.474-spouse from 2nd marr.

Occupation:
Bona Arsenault gives his occupation as a 'marechal' which translated is a marshal or farrier (shoeing-smith; horse-doctor).

Guillaume married Francoise Corbineau Abt 1628, , France. Francoise died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Misc: Port Royal; was a commander
• Occupation: a captain at arms
• Misc: Abt 1632, Acadia; arrived
• Misc: 1654; returned to France when the English took Port Royal

Notes:

Bona,vol.2,p.505, says that Germain's was a brother-in-law to Jacques Bourgeois but S. White disproves this - see the Explanatory Note 1 on page 112 of White's Supplement.

In 'History of the Acadians' by Bona Arsenault, he mentions on page 31 that administration of D'Aulnay's estate was awarded jointly to d'Aulnay's widow and to Germain Doucet dit Laverdure who was a trusted associate of D'Aulnay's at Penobscot.

Birth:
S.White does not give a birth year for him; Bona gives about 1595.

Germain married ? Abt 1620. ? died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]