Joseph Bourg (1736 - bef. 1812)

Born 1736 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Husband of Marie Marguerite Durel — married before 4 Jul 1772 in Spanish Louisiana

Descendants

Died before 11 Jan 1812 before age 76 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Bourque Name Study.

JOSEPH BOURG is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on plaque 1-R. Listed with him are his cousins, Madeleine, Marie, and Joseph Bourg. Two other Joseph Bourgs are listed individually on the same plaque. He is likely one of those.^[1]

Joseph Bourg was born about 1736 in Acadia.^[2] According to Bona Arsenault, he was the son of Joseph Bourg and Francoise Dugas, however more recent research by genealogists indicates that his parents are unknown. (See Research Notes.)

Joseph experienced many displacements and hardships during "Le Grand Dérangement." Around 1756 he escaped deportation by fleeing to Camp d'Espérance on the Miramichi, in present-day northeastern New Brunswick, which was established at the end of the summer of 1756 to protect from famine and from the roundups of the British soldiers the 1376 Acadians who were refugees there. ^[3] The Acadians suffered greatly because of diseases and lack of food at the camp. This forced them to move further north to the Baie des Chaleurs. In July 1761 he was recorded alone in Nipisiguit (Bathurst).^[4]

Joseph married Anne-Marguerite Léger of Acadia around 1761. Some sources suggest that they were married after 25 April 1766 in Louisiana.^[5] He is more likely to have married her in exile c.1761, before their children were born c.1762 and c.1763. ^{[6] [7]} She is not listed on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in Louisiana.

Their known children:

1. Marie Rose Bourg (c.1762)
2. Joseph Bourg (c.1763)

In November 1761 Joseph appeared with another unnamed person (likely Anne-Marguerite) on a census in Caraquet. ^[8] By then many of the Acadian refugees around Baie des Chaleurs were captured by British forces, or promised to surrender the following year, and were imprisoned in Halifax or Fort Edward. Joseph and Anne-Marguerite were rounded up by Captain Mackenzie of Fort Cumberland in 1761, who wished to rid the area of "French Vermin."^[9] They were on a list of prisoners at Fort Edward in 1761-1762. ^[10]

In 1763 Joseph, his wife and one child were on a list of prisoners in Halifax. ^[11]

The prisoners were released after the treaty of 1763. The British authorities permitted Acadians to remain in the Colony of Nova Scotia as long as they took an oath of allegiance. However the majority of the prisoners rejected their offer and left the colony by their own means by leasing vessels, since the British refused to pay their passage to other colonies. Many chose to go to French-controlled colonies like Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Saint-Domingue (Haiti), but quickly left the dire conditions there and traveled north, most of them settling in Louisiana in the spring of 1765. ^[6]

It is not known how or when Joseph immigrated to Louisiana. He was listed on a census dated 29 June 1766 in Cabahannocer, age 30 years. ^[12]

It is believed that Joseph married Marie Dugas (parents unknown) in 1768 in New Orleans, but no records have been found to confirm this. ^[12]

Joseph married Marie Marguerite Durel dite Lacroix or Bourel dit Durel on June 27, 1772 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.^[12]

Joseph and Marguerite appeared on the 1 January 1777 census in Cabahannocer with eight children. ^[13]

He died and was buried on 11 January 1812 St. James Parish, Louisiana.^[14]

Research Note

According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph was the son of Joseph and Françoise Dugas.^[15]

However, Karen Theriot Reader cites different sources indicating that the parents of Joseph are unknown. ^[12]

• Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version)
• BOURG no. 78 Discrepancy with Robichaux dates. Handwritten note says Joseph BOURG married 2nd to Marie DUGAS in 1768 in New Orleans. No children traced.

  Joseph (78) BOURG, born around 1734 [no parents given].

• PRÉJEAN no. 12 spouse - Joseph BOURG, widower of Anne-Marguerite LÉGER & Marie DUGAS, married 27 Jun 1772 to Marguerite BOUREL dit DUREL, daughter of François (1) BOUREL & Madeleine ARSENEAU, widow of Joseph (12) PRÉJEAN (Civil Register of Ascension Parish).
• "List of Acadian Families & Individuals at Halifax between 1759 & 1764"n 1759 & 1764" - LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles, English trans. by John Estano DeRoche - Sept 2013 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nsgrdpre/documents/dossiers/Ronnie-Gilles/Halifax-Families-1759-1764-rev-Sept-2013-(English).pdf - Internet - www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nsgrdpre/documents/dossiers/Ronnie-Gilles/Halifax-Families-1759- - p. 7 -

  Joseph (78) BOURG married around 1761 to Anne-Marguerite LÉGER, daughter of Jean-Baptiste (5) LÉGER, took refuge at Nipisiguit in 1761, listed in Aug 1763 with 3 in family at Halifax. Settled at Saint-Jacques de Cabahannocer, Louisiana. (The father is unidentified)

• (1756 1757) : Census - Camp Espérance, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada Sources: Article - Camp Espérance, List of Refugee Acadians - List of Refugee Acadian Househoulds at Camp Espérance on the Miramichi, 1756-1757 - LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles - Internet - p. 5 -

  Joseph (78) BOURG, father unknown, married around 1761 to Anne-Marguerite LÉGER, daughter of Jean-Jacques (5) LÉGER. Household of 1 on the du Calvet census of Jul-Aug 1761 at Nipisiguit; 2 on MacKenzie's count in Nov 1761; 2 at Fort Edward in 1761-1762; 3 at Halifax in 1763. Settled at St-Jacques-de-Cabahannocer, Louisiana.

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 12.
2. ↑ Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, 1625-1810; (Ottawa: Editions Lemeac, 1978) pp. 1477 & 2431 (Cobequid);

   Joseph BOURG, born 1736, son of Joseph & Francoise DUGAS of Cobequid, married Marguerite DUREL, daughter of Charles LACROIX dit DUREL of Isle St. Jean & Judith CHIASSON; eight children listed. In 1777 he lived on the east bank of the Mississippi River at St. James [Louisiana].

3. ↑ R.-G. LeBlanc, "Les réfugiés acadiens au camp d’Espérance de la Miramichi en 1756-1761: un épisode méconnu du Grand Dérangement," Acadiensis, (2012) p. 41(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/19077/21083. (See appendix at the end) Also English translation by John Estano DeRoche "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761."
4. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, website hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, original record, p. 3 of 6; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Image179

   Joseph Bourg, 1 person

5. ↑ Sidney A. Marchand, Sr, An Attempt to Re-Assemble the Old Settlers in Family Groups, (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor’s, 1965) p. 16;

   Joseph Bourg & Anne Leger, of Acadia, (child) Rose, a widow, m. Jean Vessier.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles « Les Acadiens à Halifax et dans l’île Georges, 1755–1764 ». Port Acadie no 22-23 (2012) : 43–76. https://doi.org/10.7202/1014976ar p. 66-67, 73.

   Joseph (78) BOURG married around 1761 to Anne-Marguerite LÉGER, daughter of Jean-Baptiste (5) LÉGER, took refuge at Nipisiguit in 1761, listed in Aug 1763 with 3 in family at Halifax. Settled at Saint-Jacques de Cabahannocer, Louisiana. (The father is unidentified)

7. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org., page for Anne Marguerite Leger, citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version, N.D.) not paginated;

   BOURG no. 78 spouse - 3 - - Anne-Marguerite LÉGER, daughter of Jean (5) LÉGER & Marie-Madeleine SAULNIER [no date given].

8. ↑ 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Images 1855-1857

   Joseph Bourg, 2 people

9. ↑ Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier, "The Battle of the Restigouche," (Parks Canada Canadian Heritage, 1996) p. 41; http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/restigouche.pdf
10. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Edward, 1761-1762, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home. Original record, online database with images, Isaac Deschamps, Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 18 - p. 100-105 (5 October 1761 to 11 October 1762) Original Record, page 4 of 6, accessed Aug 2022

    Joseph Bourg - 2

11. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, List of Acadian Prisoners at Halifax, August 12, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home. Transcription, digital images, Roy, J.-Edmond. "12 Août 1763: Liste des françois Accadiens demeurants prisonniers a halifax port d'amérique Septentrionale Sous le gouvernement de Sa majesté Britannique" in Rapport sur les archives de France relatives à l'histoire du Canada. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1911 accessed at BANQ numérique page 631/image 633], accessed August 2022

    Joseph Bourque, his wife, 1 child, 3 people total

12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Joseph Bourg citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version)
    • BOURG no. 78 Discrepancy with Robichaux dates. Handwritten note says Joseph BOURG married 2nd to Marie DUGAS in 1768 in New Orleans. No children traced.

      Joseph (78) BOURG, born around 1734 [no parents given].

    • PRÉJEAN no. 12 spouse - Joseph BOURG, widower of Anne-Marguerite LÉGER & Marie DUGAS, married 27 Jun 1772 to Marguerite BOUREL dit DUREL, daughter of François (1) BOUREL & Madeleine ARSENEAU, widow of Joseph (12) PRÉJEAN (Civil Register of Ascension Parish).
13. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey, (New Orleans, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1998). p. 191;

    On the left bank of the Mississippi, on the 1777 census of St. James, widow Marguerite DUREL is remarried to Joseph BOURG, and the five children of her PREJEAN marriage are listed in that family. He and his family owned a tract of land with six arpents frontage on the Mississippi River. They also owned one slave, twenty-five cows, and four horses.

    Joseph BOURG, 43;

    Marguerite DUREL, wife, 42;

    Joseph, son, 14;

    Jean Baptiste, son, 11;

    Bazille, son, 8;

    Victoire, daughter, 16;

    Roze, daughter, 15;

    Marie Roze, daughter, 7;

    Anne, daughter, 6;

    Pelagie, daughter, 3.

14. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol 3, 1804-1819, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 134;

    Text: Joseph BOURG, age about 85 years[sic], native of Acadia, buried 11 Jan 1812 (SJA-4, 35a).

15. ↑ Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 1477 (Cobequid). Also on p. 2431 (Louisiana):

    Joseph BOURG, born 1736, son of Joseph & Francoise DUGAS of Cobequid, married Marguerite DUREL, daughter of Charles LACROIX dit DUREL of Isle St. Jean & Judith CHIASSON; eight children listed [but the first seven are probably children of wife's 1st marriage with Joseph PREJEAN]. In 1777 he lived on the east bank of the Mississippi River at St. James [LA]