Joseph Bourgeois (1749 - 1766)

Born 14 Oct 1749 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 16 Aug 1766 at age 16 in Martinique, France

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Biography

Joseph was born on 14 October 1749 and baptized the next day in Annapolis Royal.^[1][2] He was the son of Sylvain Bourgeois and Anne Comeau.

Joseph lost his father when he was only 2 years of age. His mother was married around 1755 to Charles Mouton. In 1755 Joseph and his family were deported to the New England colonies. In 1763 his stepfather and his mother were recorded with four children on a list of exiled Acadians in New York. The children were not named but considering Joseph's age at the time. it is likely that he was counted with the children. His other siblings in the household were ^[3] He died on 16 August 1766 in the French Colony of Martinique.^[4][5]

Research Notes

Gaudet (1906)^[2] cites Joseph's date of birth in October 1749 and his sister Anne-Ester's being in January 1751 which is impossible because it is only a four month difference. It is assumed that one of these dates is incorrect.

Sources

1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a page 391; online database with images, Joseph Bourgeois Baptism, 15 October 1749, accessed June 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gaudet, P. (1906). Généalogie des familles acadiennes : avec documents : rapport concernant les archives canadiennes pour l'année 1905 https://archive.org/stream/gnalogiedesf00gaud
3. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. New York Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home,"General List of the Acadian Families Actually Distributed in New England". Accessed June 2022

   Charle MONT, his wife and four children

4. ↑ Donald J. Hebert, Acadians in Exile, (Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publications, 1980) p. 600

   Anne Esther [sic] BOURGEOIS, child of the first marriage [of Anne COMMEAU, wife of Charles MOUTON], died 16 Aug 1766. Cited on Appendix List 7. "Acadians at Champflore, Martinique: 1766."

5. ↑ Elton J. Oubre, Vacherie: St. James Parish, Louisiana. History and Genealogy, 2nd ed. (Thibodaux, LA: Oubre's Books, 2002) - p. 472

   It was written on the census of Acadians at Martinique that Anne COMMEAU's daughter Anne Esther BOURGEOIS died on 16 Aug 1766. However, "it is now known that this was incorrect and possibly referred instead to her brother" Joseph. Anne Esther was married to Joseph BLANCHARD, and were listed on the Acadian Coast census of 1777.

• Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Joseph Bourgeois