| Claire Bourg is an Acadian. Join: Acadians Project Discuss: ACADIA |
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. Their children were:
Claire died about 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, aged 44.
Two brothers, Francois and Joseph Dugas, married two sisters, Claire b. 1682 and Claire b. 1692 Bourg.
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:
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured National Park champion connections: Claire is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 21 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 13 degrees from George Grinnell, 23 degrees from Anton Kröller, 13 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 17 degrees from John Muir, 13 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Port-Royal, Acadie | Acadians