Marguerite Josèphe Bourg (abt. 1729 - 1776)

Born about 1729 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Hebert — married about 1749 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1776 at about age 47 in Nantes, Bretagne, France

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Biography

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Marguerite-Josèphe Bourg, was born at Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France around 1729. She was the daughter of Pierre Bourg and Cécile Cormier. ^[1][2]

She married Charles Hébert around 1749 in Acadie. ^[1]

Children of the marriage: ^[3]

1. Charles Hebert (1750-1785)
2. Athanase Hebert (c.1751-1758)
3. Marie-Rose Hebert (c.1754-1758)
4. Theodore Hebert (c.175-1758)

In 1752, Charles and Marie-Josèphe were residing at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Isle Royale (present-day Cape Breton), situated on the narrows of the great lake of Bras d'Or. There were 2 young sons in the household: Charles, age 2, and a newborn not yet named (Athanase).^[4][1]

Only one of their four children survived the Great Upheaval. Three died with her husband during the crossing of the Atlantic to France around 1758-1759 aboard one of five English ships that arrived at Saint-Malo on 23 January 1759. ^[5]

Marguerite-Josephe and her oldest child Charles were living in France in September of 1772. By then she was an invalid, but still worked at sewing and spinning. Her son, now grown, was a day laborer.^[6] They were in the Third Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes on 7 Dec 1775. ^[7]

Marguerite Josèphe Bourg died in France on 14 December 1776 and was buried on 15 December 1776 at Saint-Nicolas parish, Nantes, Bretagne, (present-day department of Loire-Atlantique), France. It was noted in the record that Marguerite, wife of Charles Hébert an Acadian and ploughman, died at the age of 49 at the house of Olivier at Bignon (?) Were present Jean-Baptiste Hébert and Alexis (Brun or Breau).^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} White, Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 816

   Charles (according to A. Godbout) born around 1725; on the La Roque census 1752 27 years old; married around 1749 Marguerite-Josèphe Bourg (no parents given- see correction below); died at sea around 1758-1759 during the crossing to France (Archives of the port of St Servan)

2. ↑ White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections" Ajouts et corrections; University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online

   p 816 (août 2007) La même famille

   Charles. Ajouter, sur la deuxième ligne, après «BOURG», «(Pierre & Cécile Cormier)».

3. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud, Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 (Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999) p. 146-147
4. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census Isle Royale, p. 40, image 110.

   Charles Ebert, ploughman, native of la Cadie, aged 27 years. Married to Margueritte Joseph Bourg, native of Beaubassin, aged 23 years. They have two sons: Charles, aged 2 years ; The last, aged 0 months, is not yet named. In live stock they own one ox, one cow and one pig.

5. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 198, accessed 11 Sep 2023

   Family #114
   HEBERT Charles, + en mer
   BOURG Marguerite Josephe, 30 ans, femme
   HEBERT Charles, 9 ans, fils
   HEBERT Athanase, 7 ans, fils, + en mer
   HEBERT Marie Rose, 4 ans, fille, + en mer
   HEBERT Théodore, 1 an, fils, + en mer

6. ↑ HEBERT's in the 1772 Census of Acadians in France, Hebert Genealogy, GeoCities (Archived Link) https://web.archive.org/web/20101025090001/http://acadian-cajun.com/hebfr72.htm

   Text: HEBERT on the list of Acadians in France as of 15 Sep 1772. It was taken as part of the effort of taking care of their needs, since the government was subsidizing them.

   Census of Acadians in France dated 15 Sep 1772:

   Marguerite Joseph BOURG, widow of Charles HEBERT, sews and spins, invalid, of St. Malo,

   Charles HEBERT - 22, day laborer

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Marguerite-Josèphe Bourg citing Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES; 1775-1785; (Harvey, LA, Author, 1978); p. 86, family #162; Salt Lake Family History Library Europe 944.14 Dar.

   Marguerite-Josephe BOURG, born about 1727, married about 1749 to Charles HEBERT, son of Jean & Marie-Marguerite LANDRY; son Charles born about 1750 at the Parish of St. Pierre & St. Paul of Cobequid in Acadia. Her husband [and three children] died during the crossing from Acadie to France. She and her son Charles were in the Third Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes on 7 Dec 1775. She died at the age of 49 years; buried 15 Dec 1776 at St. Nicolas church of Nantes, France.

8. ↑ Archives numérisées Loire-Atlantique, Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, Nantes, paroisse Saint-Nicolas, BMS, 1776, image 282 of 293 Marguerite Bourg Burial 15 December 1776