Other Events:

• Baptised: 9 Aug 1859
• Census: 1871, River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1877, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Birth:
He was 18 years old when he died in May 1977. He was 5 days old when baptized on August 9th 1859.

Baptised:
His godparents were Amos Como and Mary Como.

Census:
Called 'Frank' on this census, he is found living with his widowed mother, five older siblings and two young Bourgeois children.

Other Events:

• Occupation: grindstone cutter
• Occupation: labourer
• Baptised: 28 Jul 1819, the parish of Minudie

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Thanis Como and Perpetue Melancon.

Buried:
His tombstone gives his birth year as 1817.-Discrepancy with Baptism entry...note by A.Owen,Jan2013.

Died:
He died before the 1871 Nova Scotia census was taken. His wife is a widow on this census and living with her son, Sylvain, and other children.

Joseph — Mary\Marie Bourgeois. Mary\Marie (daughter of Dominique Bourgeois and Apollonie (Pauline) (Polonie) Burbine\Babin) was born 4 Dec 1818, Nova Scotia; died 1900; was buried , St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 28 Jul 1819, the parish of Minudie
• Census: 1871, River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1877, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Birth:
Her headstone in the cemetery in Minudie gives her birth year as 1820. Other sources imply a birth year of 1818 and her baptism entry gives her birth date as December 4th, 1818.-note by A.Owen, Jan2013

Baptised:
Her godparents were Francois Brun and Anne Babin.

Census:
She is a widow by the time this census is taken and is living with her four sons and two daughters. Also living with the family are two young Bushway (sic Bourgeois) children.

Residence:
She and her family were living in Barronsfield when her two younger sons died of dyptheria in May 1877.

Other Events:

• Residence: May 1818, the parish of Minudie
• Occupation: Jul 1819, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie; farmer
• Occupation: Feb 1823, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; labourer

Raphael married Modeste Melanson 20 May 1818, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Modeste (daughter of Romain (Roma) Melanson and Perpetue Melanson) was born Abt 1800; died 10 Jun 1870; was buried , the parish cemetery, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: May 1818, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: Feb 1823, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Married:
Both bride and groom were from the parish of Minudie. The marriage was performed by the missionary priest from Memramcook. Witnesses at the marriage were Victor le Brun and Pierre Caumeau and many others.

Other Events:

• Residence: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; , settling
• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie
• Occupation: Jul 1819, the parish of Minudie; farmer
• Residence: Jul 1819, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie
• Occupation: Nov 1820, the parish of Minudie; farmer

Notes:

Residence:
From Gilbert Seaman's diary describes where Dominic resided in Minudie: No.5 - Domenick Bourgeois - Son of Capt. Lorong Bourgeois, in a house near the marsh, west and near the present Lake Road.

Died:
He was deceased by the date of his son, Sylvine,'s marriage in Feb 1861.

Dominique married Apollonie (Pauline) (Polonie) Burbine\Babin 16 Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J02-p.86-marr.info.;gives her name as Apolline Babin,daug of Pierre & Henriette Melanson. J03-p.124-marr.info;gives her name as Rosalie a Pierre Babin. yellow Bourgeois book -p.35-gives her name as Apolline d/o Pierre Babin & Henriette Melanson NOTE first name discrepency!-note by A.Owen

Notes:

Married:
Periodical from Mar 1967, article Un brin d'histoire de Menoudie, Nappan et Maccan, gives bride's first name as 'Rosalie'.
Un historique de la famille Bourgeois gives bride's first name as 'Appoline'.

Bride's name in Memramcook parish register is given as Pauline Babin. The bride is of minor age and the groom is of major age when the two marry. Witnesses at their marriage are Benonie Bourg and Joseph Melancon as well as many relatives. There is a 3rd degree of consanguinity.

Other Events:

• Residence: Petcoudiac; , settling
• Residence: Abt 1758, Miramichi
• Residence: Abt 1762, Fort Edward (Windsor, Nova Scotia)
• Residence: 1769, Menoudie
• Misc: 1804, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; had his name on a request for a concession of land
• Residence: Abt 1810, Plairie-du-Lac
• Residence: Abt 1814, Menoudie

Notes:

Misc:
Yvon Leger's book, Beloved Acadia of My Ancestors, mentions how by this time DesBarres' properties in Menoudie, Nova Scotia had been sold to the tyrant, ambitious and vexing 'King' Seaman, and it was for this reason that Mathurin Comeau, his brother-in-law Francois Leger and other Acadians, asked and obtained permission for new land titles at Scoudouc, New Brunswick.

Mathurin married Anastasie Leger 15 Oct 1772, Menoudie. Anastasie (daughter of Joseph Leger and Claire LeBlanc) was born 15 Oct 1753, Petitcoudiac; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1804, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; , settling with her husband and children

Notes:

Married:
Their marriage is in the civil register of Franklin Manor. It is the Leger book that refers to them being married in Menoudie.

Romain married Perpetue Melanson Abt 1799. Perpetue (daughter of Pierre Melanson and Anne dite Nanette Richard) was born Abt 1783; died 25 Apr 1862; was buried 25 Apr 1862, Memramcook. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, New Brunswick

Notes:

Census:
She appears as a widow in this census and is living with her son, Laurent.

Other Events:

• Misc: was a Captain in the Militia and the title remained with him
• Residence: Windsor, , Nova Scotia; when younger
• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: 1821, Menoudie
• Occupation: May 1821, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; farmer

Notes:

Christened:
He was baptized at the aga of 3 along with his sister who was 7 years of age.

Residence:
His burial entry describes him as being a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Residence:
When son, Hilarion, married in Memramcook parish, his parents' residence was given as Menoudie, Nova Scotia.

Buried:
His burial entry states that he was about 90 years old when he died.

Laurent married Rosalie Leger 30 May 1785, Menoudie. Rosalie (daughter of Joseph Leger and Claire LeBlanc) was born 1764, Pisiguit; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: May 1821, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

J03-p.123,124-b.yr,marr.info.;she came with her parents as one of the original settling tenants of Desbarres' Champs Elyses. Bona-vol.4, p.1564-b.yr. B26-p.96-b.yr;bap. four years later at Windsor(Pisiguit);marr.info;married at St Denis church odf Menoudie. They settled at Memramcook-???. J02-p.177-b.dt;marr.info. M01-p.101-b.dt,marr.info. T20-b.yr,marr.info.

Other Events:

• Misc: appeared in the list of requests for land concessions at Scoudouc
• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie

Pierre married Henriette Melanson Abt 1795. Henriette (daughter of Jean Melanson and Modeste Forest) was born 15 Jan 1777; died Feb 1868, the parish of St Anselme, , New Brunswick; was buried 19 Feb 1868, the parish cemetery in the parish of St Anselme, Westmorland County, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie

Notes:

Buried:
Her age is given as 96 years at her date of death. Present for the burial were Jean LeBlanc, Eustache Babin and many others. She was the widow of the late Michael LeBlanc. She died 'avant hier'.