Marguerite Bourg (abt. 1701 - aft. 1767)

Born about 1701 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Daughter of Alexandre (Bourg) Bourg dit Bellehumeur and Marguerite Melanson

Wife of Jean Babin — married about 1723 in Pisiquit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 27 Jul 1767 after about age 66 in Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

"Marie veuve Babin [sic] is "probably" on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 1 Left. Listed with her is her daughter Marie [Babin]. NOTE: After much research, it does appear that this plaque is for this woman and her daughter. It doesn't seem to fit anyone else. HOWEVER, if you find conflicting information, please post here. ^[1]

Marguerite Bourg was born in 1701 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Alexandre (Bourg) Bourg dit Bellehumeur and Marguerite Melanson.^[2]

Marguerite (~22) married Jean Babin (~34) in 1723 in Pisiquit, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia. ^[2]Their children were:

1. Honoré Babin
2. Marie Madeleine Babin
3. Marie Anne Babin
4. Charles Victor Babin
5. Claude Babin
6. Marie Babin
7. Joseph Babin.

She was found on the July census in New Orleans, together with her daughter Marie age 22.^[3]

No. 23.

Maria BOBEN, widow, age 66;

Maria, daughter, 22.

A few weeks after their arrival in New Orleans, they were settled by Spanish authorities in St. Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana where they were on the August 1767 census taken there.^[4]

On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings."

Maria BOBEN, widow age 66 years, listed with Maria, age 22.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed to Boudrot-14 by a triangulated group consisting of John Nash GEDmatch A710955, Robert Joseph Landry GEDmatch M695728 and Kevin Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 1 from 232938635 - 236793313 (10.394 cM), 232938635 - 236788800 Overlap with previous match

Note: the DNA relationship is not confirmed through her grandmother to Michel Boudrot, perhaps it should be? (Bourque-573 14:32, 28 January 2020 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 10
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print. P. 235
3. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 432

   On "LIST OF ACADIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA TO BE ESTABLISNED [sic] IN THE YEAR 1767" signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114:

4. ↑ "End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana"na" - R. E. Chandler - Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1 (winter 1973), pp. 69-87 - Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585. - p. 84. Note: In the household above that of Maria is that of Agustin LANDRI & his wife María (Marie Madeleine Babin, her daughter), age 42]