Pierre Bourg (1730 - bef. 1788)

Born 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Anne Naquin — married 26 Jan 1761 in St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Descendants

Died before 1 Jan 1788 before age 58 in Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Pierre Bourg is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 9 Left. Listed with him is his wife Marie Naquin and three children: Pierre, Jeanne and Victoire.^[1]

Pierre BOURG, born about 1730,^[2] was the son of Francois & Madeleine HEBERT. He married 26 Jan 1761 at St. Suliace to Anne-Marie NAQUIN, daughter of Jacques & Jeanne MELANSON; four children listed. He and wife and family of 8 were in the Fourth Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes from 6 Mar to 13 Mar 1776. He went to Louisiana in 1785 with wife and 3 children aboard the "St. Remi."^[3]He died in Louisiana before 1 Jan 1788.

Censuses

Census: 1762 St-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France ^[4]

Census: 1772 St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France ^[5]

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[6]

Immigration: 10 Sep 1785 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Territory.^[7]

Pierre BOURG, age 56, day laborer, traveling with his wife Marie NAQUIN and three children as the 25th family (of 5 persons) aboard "Le Saint Rémi," which embarked in France on 27 Jun 1785, and debarked at Louisiana on Sep 10, 1785.

He married Marie Anne NAQUIN 26 Jan 1761 in St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France 6^[8]

Children

1. Marie Suline BOURG
2. Jeanne Madeleine Francoise BOURG
3. Pierre Olivier BOURG
4. Marguerite Victoire BOURG
5. Anne Perinne BOURG
6. Ambroise David BOURG
7. Georgine Victoire BOURG
8. David Ambroise BOURG
9. Marie Madeleine BOURG
10. Jean Marie BOURG

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. 35
2. ↑ Source: #DRFT Page: BOURG #16 f
3. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES; 1775-1785; Harvey, LA, Author, 1978; pp. 32-33, family #60
4. ↑ Source: #DRFT
5. ↑ Source: #DGFA
6. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 493 - On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty," dated Sep 1784 (cited as ADS Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES:

   Pierre BOURG, with wife Marie NAQUIN, 1 son, 3 daughters, for a total of 6 in family.

7. ↑ Acadians in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Donald J. Hébert; Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1980; Reprinted 2010, Claitor’s Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, LA. USA; pp. 48-49
8. ↑ Source: #DRFT Page: BOURG #16 f

See also:

• Source: DRFT: Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org citing: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Stephen A. White; Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version.