Claire Bourg (abt. 1682 - abt. 1727)

Born about 1682 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Dugas — married 1699 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1727 at about age 45 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Claire Bourg was born about 1682 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Bernard Bourg (about 1648–about 1725) and Françoise Brun (about 1653–1725).^[1]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Claire, aged 4, was living with her parents, Bernard BOURC [sic], aged 36, and Francoise BRUN, aged 34, and seven siblings: Marie [recte Marie Claire], aged 15, Marguerite, aged 13, Rene, aged 9, Anne, aged 8, Jeanne, aged 6, Francoise, aged 3, and Abraham, aged 1. They owned 1 gun and were living on 3 arpents of cultivable land with 4 cattle, 6 sheep and 6 hogs.^[1]

Claire (16) and Joseph Dugas (18) were married in 1699 in Port-Royal. Joseph was born in 1680 in Port-Royal. Two sisters named Claire, married two Dugas brothers: Francois and Joseph Dugas.

Their children were:

1. Joseph Dugas (about 1700–about 1758)
2. Marguerite Dugas (about 1703–about 1758)
3. Marie Josèphe Dugas (1703–about 1747)
4. Marie Claire Dugas (about 1706–1759)
5. Alexis Dugas (1708– )
6. Paul Dugas (about 1709–after 1785)
7. Claude Dugas (about 1712–before 1785)
8. Marie Françoise Dugas (about 1714–about 1753)
9. Olivier Dugas (about 1717– )
10. Jean Baptiste Dugas (about 1719–1788)
11. Élisabeth Dugas (about 1719–1807)
12. Charles Dugas (about 1724–before 1788)

Claire died about 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, aged 44.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Bernard BOURC 36. Francoise BRUN 34; children: Marie 15, Marguerite 13, Rene 9, Anne 8, Jeanne 6, Claire 4, Francoise 3, Abraham 1; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 4 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 hogs. In the 1686 census at Port Royal, Bourg was listed as Bourc and Marie Claire was listed as just Marie.

See also:

• 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, Print, p 226.