Born in Stephenville, Newfoundland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Bourgeois
and Henriette Leblanc
Sister of
William Bourgeois, Fredrick Bourgeois, Mary Anne (Bourgeois) Alexander, Vincent Bourgeois, Esther Bourgeois, Damase Bourgeois, James Bourgeois, Adeline Bourgeois, Narcisse Bourgeois and Joseph Bourgeois
Wife of
William Peter O'Brien
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Bridget (O'Brien) Leitch
Died
at about age 67
in Curling, Newfoundland, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jan 2013
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Biography
Philomena Bourgeois [or Bourgois] was born on 3 Apr 1894 in Stephenville, Newfoundland.[1] (about May 1894 in Stephenville according to the 1911 Newfoundland census[2])
Her parents were listed as Alexander and Henrietta Bourgeois according to her birth registration,[1] or Alexander and Harriet Bourgois according to the 1911 census record.[2]
In the 1911 Newfoundland census, Philomena Bourgois (17) was living in Stephenville, Newfoundland (St. George's Bay area), with her parents Alexander Bourgois (78) and Harriet Bourgois (55), and her siblings Esther (25), Narcis (15) and Joseph (13).[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQX-BBQZ : 9 March 2018), Philomena Burgeois, 1894.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Newfoundland Grand Banks Site, 1911 Newfoundland Census, Community of Stephenville, St. George District. Accessed 2018.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philomena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philomena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Justin Russ
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1B2, FTDNA kit #N66807, MitoYDNA ID T13336 [compare] - Angèle (LeBlanc) Barker :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1, haplogroup J, FTDNA kit #N61635, MitoYDNA ID T15001 [compare]
- Christine Balboni :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test
- Clorice Surette :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1B2, FTDNA kit #427697
- M Cole :
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup J1B
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Stephen Sloan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SC7880452 [compare], Ancestry member sloan178816
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~0.78%
Kathleen Brooks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WW5598315 [compare], Ancestry member kathleenbrooks121
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[Living Leitch]
Bourgeois-1217 and Bourgeois-232 appear to represent the same person because: Dear Friend, Philomena was my grandmother, my mother's mother.
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