Michel Bergeron (abt. 1736 - 1832)

Born about 1736 in Riviere St-Jean, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Madeleine Bourg — married about 1759 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1832 at about age 96 in Saint-Grégoire, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Ensign Michel Bergeron served with Militia during the American Revolution.

Michel Bergeron is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A216767.

Michel was born around 1736, after the census taken that year at Rivière Saint-Jean. ^[1][2] He was the son of Michel Bergeron dit D'Amboise and Marie Dugas.

Michel married Madeleine Bourg^[3] around 1759, in Acadie. ^[1][4]

They appeared with 2 children on a list of prisoners at Rivière Saint-Jean dated 12 August 1763. ^[5] According to historian André-Carl Vachon, they sought refuge in Canada, Nouvelle-France in 1764, like many of the Acadian families on that list. They were in Kamouraska on 5 August 1764 when their daughter Marie Rose was baptized. On 13 March 1765, Madeleine was godmother to Jean Francois Bergeron in Kamouraska. By 1766 they were residing in Bécancour where their son François was baptized. ^[6]

Children: ^[4][7]

1. Marie Madeleine Bergeron b. abt 1763
2. Unknown Bergeron, b. before 1763 census
3. Marie Rose Bergeron^[8]
4. François Bergeron
5. Théotiste Bergeron
6. Michel Bergeron
7. Marguerite Bergeron^[9][10]
8. Marie Louise Bergeron

He passed away on January 3, 1832 and was buried January 4, 1832 in St-Grégoire-le-Grand (Nicolet).^[11]

He served as an Ensign of the militia for the [American] rebels (DeMarce 61).

On Saturday, June 15, 1776 at Bécancour...after gathering and verifying our information, we have called forth in the presence of the entire parish:

Joseph Levasseur

Chs Provanché

Larant Tourigny

Pierre Cormier dit Perot

François Bourque

Michel Bergeront

We demanded the commissions that each had received in their respective roles as militia officers following the election that a parish assembly held in obedience to the rebels’ orders. ...we condemned the six alleged officers named above ^[12].

Research Notes

Source record abstracts:

1774 Baptism Daughter Marguerite Bergeron^[9]

Baptized: 17 Aug 1774

Place: Bécancour

Parish: Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Bécancour

Name: Marguerite Bergeron

Father: Michel Bergeron

Mother: Madeleine Bourque

from this parish

Godfather: Jean Poyrié

Godmother: Rosalie Bourque, aunt

F Theodore, R M

1787 Marriage Pierre Poërier and Daughter Marie Rose Bergeron^[8]

Date: 15 Jan 1787

Place: Nicolet

Parish: St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet

Groom: Pierre Poërier

Father: Pierre Poërier

Mother: Magdeleinne Forest

of the village Ste Marguerite

Bride: Marie Rose Bergeron

Father: Michel Bergeron

Mother: Magdeleinne Bourc

of this same parish

Present:

Pierre Poërier

Michel Bergeron

Simon Villebrun

Louis Baubien

Dominique Robert

Brassard, ptre

1792 Marriage Joseph Poërier and Daughter Marguerite Bergeron^[10]

Date: 6 Aug 1792

Place: Nicolet

Parish: St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet

Groom: Joseph Poërier

Father: Pierre Poërier, Captain

Mother: Marie Magdeleinne Fourest

of the village Sainte Marguerite

Bride: Marguerite Bergeron

Father: Michel Bergeron

Mother: Magdeleinne Bourque

of the same place

Present:

Pierre Poërier

Michel Bergeron

Jean Baptiste Poërier

Francois Bergeron

Brassard, ptr

1800 Burial Wife Marie Magdelaine Bourg^[3]

Burial date: 16 Nov 1800

Place: Nicolet

Parish: St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet

Name: Marie Magdelaine Bourg

Spouse: Michel Berjeron, farmer

Death date: 14 Nov 1800 (the day before yesterday)

Age: about 60 years

Present:

Raphaël Bourg, brother

Joseph Thibaudault

Alexis Durocher, prêtre

1832 Burial Michel Bergeron^[11]

Burial date: 4 Jan 1832

Place: Saint-Grégoire

Parish: Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand

Name: Michel Bergeron

Death date: 3 Jan 1832 (the day before)

Age: 97 years

Present:

Joseph Béliveau

Zoél Béliveau

Harper, ptr

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Michel Bergeron citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version)

   BERGERON no. 2 h - Born after the 1736 census, possibly at Ste-Anne, Riviere-St-Jean, Acadie (co. Charlotte, Nouveau-Brunswick which was then administered by the colony of Nova Scotia).. He was godfather to his nephew David BOURG, son of Marie, in 1778 (Register Bécancour). He was also witness to the marriage contract of his brother Françcois in 1783 (notary BADEAUX). On 1795 1796 census in St-Grégoire de Nicolet, Quebec age 59, Marriage about 1759 with Madeleine Bourg. On census taken 12 August 1763 in Riviere St-Jean. Died 3 January 1832 in St-Grégoire de Nicolet age 97. Burial the next day.

2. ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 207547 Born around 1736 in Sainte-Anne, Rivière-Saint-Jean.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-J84 : accessed 26 May 2019), Nicolet > Saint-Jean-Baptiste > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1773-1809 > Burial Marie Magdelaine Bourg, 16 Nov 1800, p 316, image 805 of 1112; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 39607 Married before 1763 in Acadie
5. ↑ Roy, J.-Edmond. «12 Août 1763: Liste des françois Accadiens demeurants prisonniers a La riv. St Jean dans 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 628/image 630, accessed March 2022

   Michel Bergeron, Magdeline Bourg, total of 4

6. ↑ André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p. 292, 294

   La famille de Michel Bergeron et de Magdeleine Bourg était à Kamouraska en 1764 ainsi qu'en 1765 et à Bécancour en 1766. Michel Bergeron et son épouse Magdeleine Bourg ont fait baptiser leur fille Marie Rose Bergeron, le 5 août 1764 à Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska. Le lendemain, un fils de Michel Bergeron, François Bergeron fait réhabiliter son mariage à La Pocatière avec Rosalie Bourg, ou il est dit 'de Saint-Anne de la Rivière Saint-Jean, et elle de Beaubassin'. Magdeleine Bourg, épouse de Michel Bergeron, est la marraine de Jean-François Bergeron, fils de Joseph Bergeron dit D'Ambroise et d'Angélique Saindon, le 13 mars 1765, à Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska. Puis, François Bergeron, fils de Michel Bergeron et de Magdeleine Bourg, a été baptisé le 12 août 1766, à Bécancour. Par conséquent, on retrouve Michel Bergeron dans le greffe de l'arpenteur Jean-Baptiste Leclaire , le 26 juin 1766, à Bécancour, dans le fief Godfroiy. Alors, on peut constater que Michel Bergeron et Magdeleine Bourg déménagent à Bécancour entre le 13 mars 1765 et le 26 juin 1766.

7. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Michel Bergeron dit de Nantes, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed March 2022 (login required)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-PSPR, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-PSTY : accessed 25 May 2019), Nicolet > Saint-Jean-Baptiste > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1718-1799 > Marriage Pierre Poërier and Marie Rose Bergeron, 15 Jan 1787, p 3-4, images 561-562 of 848; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-ZNSF : accessed 13 May 2019), Bécancour > Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Bécancour > Index 1758-1877 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1758-1780 > Baptism Marguerite Bergeron, 17 Aug 1774, p no 7, image 372 of 446; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-PS8Y : accessed 12 May 2019), Nicolet > Saint-Jean-Baptiste > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1718-1799 > Marriage Joseph Poërier and Marguerite Bergeron, 6 Aug 1792, p 8, image 670 of 848; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-D498 : accessed 24 May 2019), Saint-Grégoire > Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1802-1832 > Burial Michel Bergeron, 4 Jan 1832, p 201, Burial no 1, image 490 of 535; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
12. ↑ Gabriel, Michael P. Ed. Quebec During The American Invasion, 1775-1776. East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University Press. 2005;p43-46

See Also:

• Quebec Records: Drouin Institute 490 Charles-Péguy Est, La Prairie, Québec, J5R 3G1

• Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots

• DeMarce, Virginia Easley. Canadian Participants in the American Revolution, An Index. Compiled for “Lost in Canada.” 1980:61 p. 68

• Baby, Taschereau, and Williams journal, Rapport de l'Archiviste de la province de Québec, Archives de la province de Québec, Québec : Louis-A. Proulx, Imprimeur de sa Majesté le Roi, 1921-1960 https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2276297?docsearchtext=Michel%20bergeront%20milice%20commission p. 556-557

• Database of the writings of numerous authors who wrote diaries, journals, manuscripts, documents, and books on how British soldiers and the French-Canadians responded to the American invasion of 1775–1776 https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/quebec-during-the-american-invasion-1775-1776-3.pdf

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 Apr 2023), "Record of Michel Bergeron", Ancestor # A216767.