François
Bourassa
Born in La Prairie, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Jacques-Albert Bourassa
and Marie Jeanne Brosseau
Brother of
Marie Josephte Bourassa, Marie Jeanne Bourassa, Joachim Bourassa, Jacques-Albert Bourassa Jr., André Bourassa, Marie-Anne Bourassa, Felicité Bourassa, Hippolyte Bourassa, Michelle-Archange Bourassa, Marie-Anne Bourassa, Louise Bourassa, Rosalie Catherine Bourassa, Archange Bourassa [half] and Francois Xavier Bourassa [half]
Husband of
Marie Josephte Gaudin
— married
12 Oct 1789 in L'Acadie (Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie), Province de Québec
Descendants 
Father of
François Bourassa, Marie Josephte Bourrassa, Elisabelle (Bourrassa) Bourassa, François Bourrassa, Marie Bourrassa, Alexandre Bourassa, Hubert Bourrassa, Felicite Bourrassa, Lucie Bourrassa, Felix Bourassa, Hubert Bourrassa, Hypolite Bourrassa, Julien Bourassa and Edouard Bourassa
Died
at age 84
in Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury, Bas-Canada
Profile last modified
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Biography
François Bourassa lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.
François Bourassa was born 10 Jan 1762 in LaPrairie, Canada, Nouvelle-France. He was the son of Albert Bourassa and Marie Jeanne Brosseau, as confirmed by his baptism and marriage records. [1]
This profile is part of the L'Acadie, Québec One Place Study.
On 12 October 1789 at Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie church in L'Acadie, Province de Québec, François married Marie Josephte Gaudin, daughter of Pierre Gaudin and Angélique Charpentier. [2]
From this marriage the following known children:
- François Bourassa (1790 - 1791)
- Marie Josephte Bourrassa (1792 - 1792)
- Elisabelle Bourassa (1793 - )
- François Bourrassa (1795 - 1795)
- Marie Bourrassa (1796 - 1796)
- Alexandre Bourassa (1797 - 1886)
- Hubert Bourrassa (1799 - 1799)
- Felicite Bourrassa (1800 - 1842)
- Lucie Bourrassa (1802 - 1802)
- Felix Bourassa (1803 - 1894)
- Hubert Bourrassa (1805 - )
- Hypolite Bourrassa (1807 - 1811)
- Julien Bourassa (1809 - 1882)
- Edouard Bourassa (1813 - )
François died at age 84 on 14 December 1846 in Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury (Iberville), Bas-Canada. He was buried on the 16th at the local cemetery. His burial record gave him the age of 90, but having his wife's name in the record confirms it's really him.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, database with images, FamilySearch : La Prairie > Nativité-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1755-1786 > image 95 of 642 > Baptême François Bourassa
- ↑ Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,database with images, FamilySearch : L'Acadie > Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie > Index 1784-1876 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1784-1795 > image 295 of 521 > Marriage-14, François Bourassa and Josephte Gaudin (last entry)
- ↑ Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, database with images, FamilySearch : Saint-Athanase > Saint-Athanase > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1846-1861 > image 47 of 735 > Sépulture-114, François Bourassa
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with François by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with François by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Aaron Bicknell
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup I1a1b, FTDNA kit #B402936, MitoYDNA ID T16391 [compare] +
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup I1a1b
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~3.12%
Nancy (Bourassa) Mcshane :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
M Taylor :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
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~1.56%
Jim Wiborg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A645720 [compare]
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~1.56%
Joseph Hodges :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TS5848190 [compare], Ancestry member joseph_hodges
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~0.78%
Lynne (Surprenant) Wilcox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A463945 [compare]
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~0.78%
Deidre Guertin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mammadee
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~0.78%
Patricia-Lee (Winn) Works :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #469623
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~0.39%
David Tarter :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Andréa Boudreau :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BR2896866 [compare], Ancestry member AndreaBoudreau
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~0.39%
Benjamin (Richard) Murdaugh :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jack Morris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sudanballmaps
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