Our Maritime Ties

$Mary\Marie Bourgeois$

1818 - 1900 (81 years)

Personal Information | Media | Sources | All | PDF

Name	Mary\Marie Bourgeois
Born	4 Dec 1818	Nova Scotia [1, 2, 3, 4]
	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
Gender	Female
Baptised	28 Jul 1819	the parish of Minudie [1]
	Her godparents were Francois Brun and Anne Babin.
Census	1871	River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [5]
	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	May 1877	Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia [6]
	She and her family were living in Barronsfield when her two younger sons died of dyptheria in May 1877.
Died	1900 [4]
Buried	St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [4]
Person ID	I14589	Annette - Research
Last Modified	9 Jan 2013

Father	Dominique Bourgeois, b. Abt 1795, d. Bef 11 Feb 1861 (Age ~ 66 years)
Mother	Apollonie (Pauline) (Polonie) Burbine\Babin
Family ID	F1584	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Joseph Comeau, b. 24 Mar 1819, Nova Scotia , d. Bef 1871 (Age < 51 years)

Married Y [7]

Children

	1. Amos Comeau, b. 24 Oct 1841, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 17 Mar 1927, New Brandon, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 85 years)
	2. Sylvine Como, b. 12 Aug 1843, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 30 Aug 1924, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 81 years)
	3. Philoman Como, b. Abt 1847, Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick , d. 19 Dec 1935, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 88 years)
	4. Raphael Como, b. Oct 1849, d. 1877 (Age ~ 27 years)
	5. Apollonie (Polonie\Pauline) Como, b. 17 Aug 1852, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia , d. 28 Sep 1906, Weymouth, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 54 years)
	6. Simon Como, b. 29 Oct 1855, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia , d. 18 May 1877 (Age 21 years)
	7. Francois\Francis (Frank) Como, b. 4 Aug 1859, Nova Scotia , d. 30 May 1877 (Age 17 years)

Family ID F5950 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos » Slide Show		Mary Bourgeois (1818-1900) Daughter of Dominique Bourgeois & Apolline (Polonie) Babin. Image on glass.
		Mary (Bourgeois) Como, wife of Joseph Como 1818 - 1900 Mother of Capt. Sylvine Como. Tintype
		Mary (Bourgeois) Como 1818 - 1900 tintype

[S264] Ancestry.com. Drouin Collection(Acadia French RC Church Records),1670-1946, Memramcook, NB; St Thomas Parish,1819,p.79,B.775-bap.
[S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1924;bk:107;p.717-son's death.
[S301] Census: 1871 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, mf reel C-10556 Cumberland;Dist#5,J River Hebert;Enn.Div.#1;p.31-32;dwelling#108;family#110.
[S11] Cemetery:Cumberland Co.Cemeteries, none., p.54;C166a.
[S301] Census: 1871 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, mf reel C-10556 Cumberland;Dist#5,J River Hebert;Enn.Div.#1;p.31-32;dwelling#108;family#110.
mf reel C-10556 Cumberland;Dist#5,J River Hebert;Enn.Div.#1;p.31-32;dwelling#108;family#110:
Como, Sylvine M 26 NS Catholic French Master Mariner
Como, Philemom F 23 NB Catholic French
Como, Raphael M 20 NS Catholic French Stone Cutter
Como, Poloney F 18 NS Catholic French
Como, Simon M 16 NS Catholic French Seaman
Como, Frank M 11 NS Catholic French
Como, Mary F 53 NS Catholic French widow
Bushway, Jane F 4 NS Catholic French
Bushway, Ellen F 2 NS Catholic French
[S4] Book:Gilbert Seaman Diary 1875-1885 (B29), ISBN: 0-9692878-1-X., p.15.
[S35] Info:Irene (Terrio) Melanson (T15).