Françoise Bourgeois (abt. 1659 - abt. 1697)

Born about 1659 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Claude Dugas — married about 1673 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1697 at about age 38 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Françoise Bourgeois was born around 1659^[1] very likely in Port-Royal, Acadie since she was on the first Acadian census of 1671 of Port-Royal at age 12.^[2] Her parents were Jacques Bourgeois, a military surgeon, pioneer, founder of Beaubassin, and Jeanne Trahan.

She married Claude Dugas, an armorer, around 1673.^[1] Claude was about 24 years of age at the time, and Françoise about 14. They had 12 children between about 1674 and 1692^[1] :

1. Catherine Marie Dugas
2. Claude Dugas
3. Françoise Dugas
4. Joseph Dugas
5. Marguerite Dugas
6. Anne Dugas
7. Jeanne Dugas
8. Agnès Dugas
9. François Dugas
10. Madeleine Dugas
11. Marie Dugas
12. Cecile Dugas

In 1686, at Port Royal, Francoise BOURGEOIS,aged 25, was living with her husband, Claude DUGAS, aged 38, and their eight children: Marie, aged 12, Claude, aged 10, Anne, aged 7, Francoise, aged 6, Joseph, aged 6, Marguerite, aged 5, Jeanne, aged 3, and Agnesse [sic], aged 1. They owned 1 gun and lived on 8 arpents of cultivable land with 25 cattle, 9 sheep, and 11 hogs.^[3]

In 1693, at Port Royal, Francoise BOURGEOIS, aged 34, was living with her husband, Claude, aged 44, and their 11 children: Marie, aged 17, Claude, aged 16, Francoise, aged 14, Joseph, aged 13, Marguerite, aged 11, Anne, aged 10, Jeanne, aged 9, Agnes, aged 7, Francois, aged 5, Madeleine, aged 4, and Cecile, aged 1. She was living in the household of her husband's parents, Abraham DUGAS, aged 74, and Marguerite DOUCET, aged 66. The family owned 4 guns and was living on 26 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 30 sheep, and 15 pigs.^[4]

Françoise died before 1697 since Claude remarried around that year, and she was not enumerated in the 1698 census of Port-Royal.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 252, 562, 564-567
   • Note: No place given for birth, but she was on the Port Royal censuses of 1671 and 1686.
   • Claude DUGAS, son of Abraham & Marguerite DOUCET, married 1st around 1673 to Françoise BOURGEOIS, daughter of Jacques (1) & Jeanne TRAHAN; twelve children.
   • Note: No place given for marriage, but presumably in Port Royal, Acadia, based on the censuses there.
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

   at Port-Royal - Jacob Bourgeois, Surgeon, 50; his wife Jeanne Trahan 40. Children (one son and one daughter are married) - Jeanne 27, and Charles 25; then Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francoise 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24, more or less 20 arpents of cultivated land at two different locations.

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Claude DUGAS 38, Francoise BOURGEOIS 25; children: Marie 12, Claude 10, Francoise 6, Joseph 6, Marguerite 5, Agnesse 1, Jeanne 3; Anne 7; 1 gun, 8 arpents, 25 cattle, 9 sheep, 11 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Agnes was listed as Agnesse, Claude, aged 11, was transcribed as aged 10, and Francoise, aged 10, was transcribed as aged 6.

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada "Acadie Recensements 1671 - 1752," Images 62-108;
   at Port Royal: Abraham DUGAS 74, Marguerite DOUCET 66, Claude 44, Francoise BOURGEOIS (his wife) 34, Marie 17, Claude 16, Francoise 14, Joseph 13, Marguerite 11, Anne 10, Jeanne 9, Agnes 7, Francois 5, Madeleine 4, Cecile 1; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs, 26 arpents, 4 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Madeleine was listed as Magdelene but transcribed as Madeleine, and Cecile was listed as Cecille but transcribed as Cecile. Marie Dugas, born about 1691, would have been 2 years old in 1693, but she was missing from the 1693 census. Another Marie was listed, Marie “Catherine” Dugas, but she was born in 1674.
5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-166

   Claude DUGAS 49; Marguerite BOURG, his second wife 24, Claude 21; Joseph 18; Marguerite 17; Anne 15, Jeanne 13; Agnes 12; Francois 11; Madeleine 10; Cecile 8; Marie 7; Elisabeth 3 months; 25 cattle, 25 sheep, 6 hogs, 32 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 3 guns.

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