Claude Bourgeois (abt. 1674 - aft. 1755)

Born about 1674 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Blanchard — married about 1701 in Acadie

Descendants

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NOTICE: Two brothers Claude Bourgeois & Charles Bourgeois married two sisters Anne Blanchard & Marie Blanchard.

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Claude Bourgeois was born around 1674, possibly in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. His parents were Charles Bourgeois and Anne Dugas.^[1]

He lost his father when he was only about 4 years of age.

In 1686, at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Claude, aged 12, was living with his stepfather, Jean-Aubin MIGNAULT (sic), aged 36, and his mother, Anne DUGAS, aged 34, and his two siblings from his mother's first marriage to Charles BOURGEOIS: Charles BOURGEOIS, aged 14, and Anne, aged 7. Also living with him were his half-siblings: Jean MIGNAULT (sic), aged 6, Cecile, aged 21 (sic), and Alexis, aged 3 months. The family owned 2 guns and was living on 8 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 4 sheep, and 14 hogs.^[2][3]

He was counted again in the family household in Beaubassin at age 18 ^[4], at age 22^[5] and at age 26.^[6]

When Claude married Anne Blanchard, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Gougeon, around 1701 in Acadie, he was about 27 years of age, and Anne was about 17.

Together they had 10 children:

1. Marie Bourgeois
2. Paul Bourgeois
3. Claude Bourgeois
4. Joseph Bourgeois
5. Michel Bourgeois
6. Anne (dite Annette) Bourgeois
7. Marguerite-Josèphe Bourgeois
8. Olivier Bourgeois
9. Jean-Jacques Bourgeois
10. Rosalie (dite Marie-Rose) Bourgeois

In 1701 the newly married couple was enumerated at Beaubassin with 8 head of cattle, 4 arpents of land and 1 gun.^[7] By 1703 there was a daughter in the family home. Claude's brother Charles and his family were living on the neighboring lot.^[8] They were counted again in 1707 with 2 children: a boy and a girl. Their land holdings were still at 4 arpents and no livestock was listed.^[9] By 1714 Anne had given birth to 5 of their 10 children.^[10]

In 1732, the couple was still living in Beaubassin where their last child Rosalie was born and baptized that year. However, after the founding of Halifax in 1749, tensions were building in the area and many Acadians were seeking refuge elsewhere.^[11]

"In the spring of 1750, Colonel Charles Lawrence landed with his soldiers on the west side of the village of Beaubassin. They discovered the remains of the Acadian houses which had been burnt at the instigation of the missionary Jean-Louis Le Loutre who, in his efforts to support the cause of France, wanted to force the Acadians to abandon their homes and move across the Missaguash River to French territory. "^[11] Claude and Anne were among the last known residents of Beaubassin before its destruction. Their names and those of dozens of Acadians appear on a monument erected to commemorate this. On the monument are also named their children Rosalie (Marie-Rose), Michel, and Olivier. It is believed that the names were taken from this refugee list of 1750-1751.^[12][13] In 1752 they were enumerated again as refugees at Baie-Verte where 23 families were established (in present-day New Brunswick)^[14] His sons Claude and Jean-Jacques, as well as Marie-Rose and their families also sought refuge at Baie-Verte. In the last census before the deportation in 1755, Claude and Anne were still at Baie-Verte, and a daughter was living with them.^[15]

Starting in August 1755, about 1,100 Acadians from the Beauséjour area were forced onto ships and deported to the British-American colonies along the eastern seaboard. Others escaped to Isle Saint-Jean, or Canada (present-day Quebec) or again along the Miramichi river.^[11] It is not known what happened to Claude and Anne. Their children were greatly affected by the Grand Dérangement. Some of them settled in Louisiana, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), and in Quebec.

Research Notes

In the original 1686 census at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Cecile was 2 ½ years old but transcribed as 21 years old.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 254, 261-263
2. ↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.

   at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin: Jean-Aubin MIGNAULT 36, Anne DUGAS 34; children by her first marriage to Charles BOURGEOIS: Charles BOURGEOIS 14, Claude 12, Anne 7; (by her second marriage:) Jean MIGNAULT 6, Cecile 21, Alexis 3 months; 2 guns, 8 arpents, 20 cattle, 4 sheep, 14 hogs.

3. ↑ White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections" Ajouts et corrections; University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online

   p 254 (sept 2003) Famille de Charles Bourgeois (2) Les trois enfants, Charles, Claude et Anne, étaient à Beaubassin lors du recensement de 1686, plutôt qu'à Port-Royal. [Contribution du professeur Jacques Vanderlinden, Université de Moncton]

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 National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108

   at Beaubassin : Jean MIGNAUX 43, Anne DUGAS 42, Claude 18, Anne 15, Jean 12; Cecile 10, Jacques 4, Louis Joseph 6 months; we cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 8 arpents, 2 guns

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 110-150

   at Beaubassin : (Jean) MIGNEAUX 44; Anne DUGAS his wife 43; Claude 22; Jean 14; Cecile 14; Jacques 7; Joseph 5; Pierre 3; 4 cattle, 3 sheep, 1 hog, 21 arpents, 1 gun,

6. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 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 151-173.

   at Beaubassin : Jean AUBIN 49; Anne DUGAST (wife) 48; Claude 26; Jean 18; Jacques 14; Joseph 8; Pierre 6; 8 cattle, 5 sheep, 4 hogs, 18 arpents, 3 guns.

7. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

   at Beaubassin : Claude BOURGEOIS, his wife, 4 arpents, 7 cattle, 1 gun.

8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

   at Beaubassin : Claude BOURGEOIS, his wife, 1 girl, 1 arms bearer

9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 221-237.

   at Beaubassin : Claude BOURGEOIS and Anne BLANCHARD, 1 boy less than 14, 1 girl less than 12; 4 arpents.

10. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261.

    at Beaubassin : Claude BOURGEOIS and Anne BLANCHARD, Marie, Paul, Claude, Joseph, Michel.

11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} History, Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site, Parks Canada, https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/beausejour/culture/histoire-history
12. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1750/1751 Census 1752 Census Transcribed.

    at Mesagouesch : Le Vieu [Old] Claude BOURGEOIS and his wife.

13. ↑ White, Stephen A. Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 108-111.
14. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.

    The elder Claude BOURGEOIS and his wife.

15. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census

    at Baie-Verte : Claude Bourgeois, his wife, 1 girl

16. ↑ https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2572/53

See also:

• Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 875 (Port Royal). Claude BOURGEOIS, born 1674, son of Charles & Anne DUGAS, married around 1701 to Anne BLANCHARD, daughter of Guillaume & Huguette GOUGEON; ten children.
• Généalogie Claude Bourgeois