Descendants of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry

Coat-of-arms of the Bourg-Bourcque family...

Note : Bourg, Bour, Bourq, Bourc, Bourck, Boureq, Bourque, Bourke, Burke and other variations seem interchangable in the available documentation.

Timeline, Details and Relationships in France

The earliest people that some researchers believe are ancestors of Antoine Bourg begin with...

...Jean François Bourgeois dit de Lyon. He was born after 1424. He married Anne Blondeau-Notoire.

(By way of explanation, the "dit" in some French names is the conjunction before an added descriptor - simply put, "de Lyon" (of, or from, Lyon) is a nickname or affix differentiating Jean François Bourgeois from others with the same, or similar, name.)

Jean Bourgeois dit de Lyon was the son of Jean François and Anne. He was born in 1475, in St. Pierre, Oise, Picardie, France. He married Agnes Folette (born 1480, daughter of Michel Folette and __________ .

Thiebaud Bourgeois was the son of Jean and Agnes. He was born in 1510. He married Alix Vauchard (born 1500, in St Pierre, Oise, Picardy, France).

Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois was the son of Thiebaud and Alix. He was born in 1525, in Pontpoint, Oise, Picardie, France. He married Veronique Denis (born 1530, died 1601). Jean-Baptiste died in 1585.

Antoine Bourgeois was the son of Jean-Baptiste and Veronique. He was born c1555 in Picardy, France. He married Marguerite Wreckringer (born 1556 in France; daughter of Dominique Wreckringer, born 1540; and Suzanne Hyld, born 1540, died on January 12, 1620 in Lorraine, France).

Proposition: due to logical conflicts with the dates found in online records, I am going to suggest that Antoine and Margeurite were the parents of Nicolas-Jacques Bourgeois dit Grandjehan ("Big John", born 1570) and Simon Bourg(eois), prominent below. I am going to suggest also that Nicolas-Jacques named one of his sons after his brother (Simon). Please contact me if you have contradicting proof.

Simon Bourg(eois) was born in 1576, in Martaizé, a village in the province of Poitou, France. Simon married Hélène Comptée, born in 1579, also in Martaizé. Simon and Hélène had two children: Antoine Bourg, born in 1609, in Martaizé; and Perrine Bourg, born in 1611. Perrine first married Simon Pelletret, and had two children: Henriette Pelletret, born in 1641, married Pierre Doucet; and Jeanne Pelletret, born in 1643, married to Barnabe Martin; then Perrine married René Landry (the elder) in 1645.

Map of France, showing the area known as Poitou, as it was when Antoine Bourg emigrated...

Antoine Bourg is considered to be the father of the Bourg family in Acadia. There is no actual proof of birthplace, but it is believed that he was born in Martaizé, in the province of Poitou (today, Vienne), in France. Antoine seems likely to have worked at the nearby estates of the family of Charles de Menou D'Aulnay. Aulnay, known earlier in history as Aunedonnacum, dates back to Gallo/Roman times as a station on the imperial Roman road through the area. Martaizé is about a half-hour's walk from Aulnay (to the west). This could mean that descendants of Bourgs from this area have a blend of "Celtic Gaul" and Roman ancestors.

In 1632, Commander Isaac de Razilly became the governor of Acadia. D'Aulnay, a French nobleman, was a cousin to Razilly and became involved in the logistics of supply and recruitment for the effort of (re)possession, settlement, and trade. (Scottish families in the area at the time were returned to England, interestingly foreshadowing the Deportation.) Antoine arrived in Acadia in 1632 as one of perhaps three hundred recruits on two or three ships (one being the Saint Jehan). Antoine could have been involved with any of the work going on in numerous locations in the region, and may have made more than one ocean passage.

Razilly subsequently died in 1635, and was succeeded by D'Aulnay. The work of colonization continued. In 1636, Antoine settled in Port Royal on land, either purchased or granted, on the opposite side of the Dauphin River (Annapolis River today) from where the mouth of Allain Creek is. The settlement of Port Royal (having been moved from its original location some four miles to the west) would easily be in view across the river to the east, on the peninsula of land almost extending across the river where Annapolis Royal is situated today.

By 1642, in Port Royal, Antoine Bourg had met and married Antoinette Landry, sister of a transport ship's captain. Unfortunately there is some debate as to the parents and birthplace of Antoinette Landry. Having distilled the information from numerous accounts, it seems likely that Antoinette Landry was born in 1618 in La Chausse, Vienne, France (near Martaizé), and that she emigrated to Port Royal in the late 1630's, with her brother René.

Due to records lost in a fire in the early 1700's, and due to the fact that there were two men named René Landry in the early days of Port Royal, researchers have come to no agreeable conclusion as to how the Landry name got started in Acadian history. (A quick Internet search for Jean-Claude Landry in Acadia will yield fascinating results.)

Antoinette is on the list of the "mothers of the Acadian people" as it is preserved on large yellowed paper in the Maritime Archives, Ministry of the Colonies, Paris. These women came principally from the areas of Poitou (where Martaizé is located), Berri, Bretagne and Touraine in France.

This link goes to a website called Acadian / Cajun Genealogy and History. If this link fails, try www.acadian-cajun.com. There will be issues around web security since the links do not have HTTPS, just HTTP so workaround it at your own risk. I would also suggest viewing the site with archive.org's shell, the Wayback Machine. It took a snapshot in 2014 that may be relatively complete.

Port Royal / Annapolis Royal

Cam's note: In a trip to the Annapolis region made in November of 2015, I was able to locate, and walk upon, the land that had been owned by the Bourg family back in the 1600's. This link leads to a page describing the area and the trip. There are a number of pictures and images to view that will help give a sense of the lay of the land. Presented here are a few, as a preview...

Click to enlarge. Click here to be taken to a page of pictures of this house. Click to enlarge.

Click on a picture to be taken to a page about Port Royal / Annapolis Royal.

Bourg Ancestry Summary

The possible generations leading up to emigration to Canada, beginning c1425, include...

Jean Francois Bourgeois dit de Lyon / Anne Blondeau-Notoire

Jean Bourgeois dit de Lyon / Agnes Folette

Thiebaud Bourgeois / Alix Vauchard

Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois / Veronique Denis

Antoine Bourgeois / Marguerite Wreckringer

Simon Bourg(eois) / Hélène Comptée

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The generations in Canada, from 1632 to recent, include...

Antoine Bourg / Antoinette Landry

Abraham Bourg / Marie Brun

Michel Bourg / Anne Boudrot

Pierre Bourg / Cecile Dugas

Joseph Bourg / Anne Boucher

Damien Bourg (Sr.) / Domitille Cordeau

Damien Bourg (Jr.) / Eugenie Landry

Abraham Alfred Damien Burke / Ellen Jane Thibeau

Alfred Longhurst / Theresa Burke

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Timeline, Details and Relationships in Canada

Below are details on the Bourg descendants, beginning with Simon Bourg (believed to be Antoine's father)...

Cam's note: much of this kind of information comes from church registers and other early documents of which more and more are turning up as accessible online. These transcriptions must have been an incredible task for the dedicated people who did the work. Dealing with translations, colloquialisms, phonetical spellings, poor handwriting, paleographic challenges, misspellings and original lackadaisical recordings (with often an illiterate person to check the initial entry) - it is amazing that anything useful has come from some of the pages. And it is also understandable that there may be differing interpretations of the pages' contents with multiple variations of surnames and given names. Please go to the bottom of this page to see an example...

This is a link to the Nova Scotia Archives, to where I think the beginning of the parish records for Port Royale can be found. If they move in the future, a text search at the Archives for this phrase should find them.

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Simon Bourg

      • Census Report - late 1678, Port Royal showing Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry and family
      • (Links to a source, acadian-home.org)
      • In 1678, Anthoine Bourg and Antoinette nee Landry lived on 3 acres. There was a girl, age 11, and a boy, age 10. They had six cattle, one gun.
      • A few other Bourgs were listed, but the list seems far from complete.
        Antoine Bourg & Antoinette Landry
        3 acres
        6 cattle
        1 gun
        1 boy, age 10
        1 girl, age 11
        Bernard Bourg & Françoise Brun
        1 acre
        8 beasts
        1 gun
        1 boy - age 3
        4 girls - ages 8, 5, 4, 2
        Martin Bourg & Marie Potet --
        4 cattle
        1 gun
        1 boy - 6 months
        1 girl - age 3
        Charles Boudrot & Renée Bourg --
        9 cattle
        1 gun
        2 boys - ages 5, 4
        2 girls - ages 3 and 1
        Pierre Comeau & Jeanne Bourg --
        2 cattle
        		 -- --
        1 girl
        Rene Landry and Perrine Bourg
        1 acre
        10 cattle
        		 --
        2 boys - ages 20, 15
        1 girl - age 23

        • Census Report - late 1686, Port Royal - Households showing Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry and family

            • Census Report - 1693, Port Royal - Households (duplicate of above)
            • This census portion has been duplicated from where it is earlier integrated, in the timeline of Antoine and Antoinette.
            • Antoinette Landry, widow of Antoine Bourg, is either living with son Abraham, his wife Marie and five children, or they are living with her.

            • The Oath of Allegiance taken in 1695...
            • In 1695, Abraham Bourg and 57 other male residents of Port Royale were administered an oath of Allegiance by the British government. Details about the document they signed, including images, and information on the source of this document can be found on this site's Acadian ancestry page here.
            • The key images are replicated below. The first is the full document, the second is the signature portion showing Abraham's signature, which is comparable to his signature on son Michel's record of marriage document dated 1720, replicated beside for ease of comparison. Click on either image to enlarge.

            • Census Report - late 1698, Port Royal - Households, showing Abraham Bourg and family
            • Bêtes à cornes - horned cattle. Cochons - pigs. Brebis - sheep. Fusiles - rifles, guns. Arbres fruitiers - –literally, fruit trees.
            • Terre en valeur - land under cultivation or productive land; literally, "land in value".
            • Arpents are a French land measure equal to .845 acre.
            • Note Abraham Bourg's mother Antoinette does not appear this time.
            • Note: Michel Bourg, born 1693, is shown as being age 5.
            • Abraham and Michel are direct-line ancestors of Michel/Pierre/Joseph/Damien/Damien/Alfred/Theresa Burke.
              Husband, Abraham Bourg
              age 38
              Wife, Marie Brun
              age 40
              Francois
              age 20
              Jean-Baptiste
              age 15
              Marguerite
              age 13
              Claude
              age 11
              Pierre
              age 9
              Marie
              age 7
              Michel
              age 5
              Charles
              age 3
              Joseph
              6 months
              Guns
              2
              Arpents (land measure, approx. one acre)
              16
              Cattle
              12
              Sheep
              20
              Hogs
              12
              Fruit trees
              60

              • Census for Port Royal, 1701, showing Abraham Bourg and family
              • Abraham Bourg, age 40, Marie Brun (wife) 42; Jean 18; Claude 18, Pierre 10. Michel 9, Charles 6, Joseph 3, Marie 16.
              • 1 gun, 14 horned cattle, 17 wool-bearing sheep, 3 hogs, 10 arpents of developed land.
              • Faint "Doucet" pencilled in after Marguerite 9. She appears to be a Doucet.
              • Abraham's son, direct-line ancestor Michel Bourg, born 1693, is shown as being age 9.

              • Census of the Inhabitants of the Province of Acadia for 1703, showing Abraham Bourg and family
              • Antoine's son, Abraham Bourg and wife, five sons, three daughters. Four of the five sons are able to bear arms.
              • "Peres de familles", "Fathers of families". "Meres", "Mothers". "Garcons", "Boys". "Filles", "Girls".
              • "Capables de porter les armes non compris les pères de familles." "Able to bear arms, not including the fathers of families."

              • Abraham's son, direct-line ancestor Michel Bourg, born 1693, would just be age 17. He is likely accounted for here.

                    1726 Port Toulouse census
                    		 Occupation
                    Description
                    Boats
                    Persons
                    Pierre Bourg
                    navigator
                    born c1689, widower of Élisabeth (Isabelle) Broussard
                    0
                    5
                    Michel Bourg
                    navigator
                    born c1693, married to Anne Boudrot
                    1
                    5
                    Charles Bourg
                    navigator
                    born c1695, included in the count of his brother, Michael Bourg, preceding
                    0
                    --
                  • Link to online text version of this census. 334 persons reported. Edited and tested 2025-04-02.
                  • Click on "microfilm" below to link to the microfilm versions.
                  • Click on the image to enlarge locally.

                    1726 Port Toulouse census, Pierre, Michel and Charles Bourg, microfilm

                    In 1727, why leave Port Toulouse for Tracadie?

                    ChatGPT: "By the mid-1720s, Port Toulouse, once a promising settlement on Île Royale, was beginning to lose its strategic importance. The French colonial administration had shifted its priorities toward developing and fortifying Louisbourg, leaving outlying communities like Port Toulouse with fewer military resources, economic opportunities, and supply guarantees. Provisions became irregular, and the garrison presence diminished, reducing the stability and appeal of the area for settlers. The diminished importance of Port Toulouse, once a logistical stop between Louisbourg and other parts of the colony, made it a less desirable location for long-term settlement.

                    In contrast, Tracadie on Île Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island) offered Acadians more fertile land, abundant resources, and growing community networks. French authorities were quietly encouraging settlement there to bolster their territorial claim and establish a more sustainable agricultural base. For many Acadians seeking arable land, autonomy, and better prospects for their families, the move to Tracadie represented a fresh opportunity. It allowed them to maintain their identity and way of life in a more promising and less militarized environment, with access to fisheries, fertile soils, and communal cohesion."

                  • 1752 Census of Ile Royale (Cape Breton) and Ile St. Jean (P.E.I.) by le Sieur de La Roque
                  • A copy of the full report can be found online through archive.org. It is called REPORT 5-6 EDWARD VII., SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18, A. 1906, CONCERNING CANADIAN ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 1905 IN THREE VOLUMES (Being an Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Agriculture) VOLUME II. It contains a section of interest described as: "Journal and Census of Ile Royale, prepared by le Sieur de la Roque, under the direction of M. le Comte de Raymond, in the year 1752, with plan and index."
                  • "It is (Sieur de la Roque), who last year made a tour of Ile Royale to inspect, according to my instructions, all the ports and harbours, search for a new route to Ile au Justaucorps, which is feasible and would shorten the sea voyage between this island and Ile Royale more than fifty leagues (about 2.4 miles each)."
                  • "I had also intrusted (Sieur de la Roque) with the making of a general census of the settlers on the island, name by name, men as well as women and children, their respective ages and professions, the numbers of arpents each has of improved land, the number of their cattle, their species, fowl, (tc, &c., distinguishing the good workmen from those who are not, and the character of each individual. He was instructed also to examine, and inspect the most precipitous places in the island; those where troops could be most easily landed; how many ships each harbour could accommodate, and their tonnage; the difficulties of making each harbour, the rocks and breakers at their entrances; what disputes exist concerning concessions, and lastly a general survey of everything."
                  • "I instructed him to do the same during the summer at the Ile St. Jean."
                  • On page 4, describing the Tour of Inspection Undertaken by La Roque, there is this: "This tour through all the ports, harbours, creeks, rivers and to all places in Isle Royale, generally, where there are settlers, was commenced on the fifth of February, 1752."
                  • On page 145, this descriptive passage leaves no doubt that the Tracadie Michel and family are at is on the north shore of Ile St. Jean (P.E.I.): "We left the harbour of Saint Pierre on the 17th of August (in the summer of 1752) for Tracadie. The distance between the two harbours is four leagues. We did not come across anything worthy of remark with the exception of the harbour of au Sauvage, and the sand dunes that occur all along the sea shore. On these dunes a considerable amount of hay is made, and behind them extensive meadows could be made at but small outlay, if grants of small parcels of land were made to those who may need them.
                  • The harbour Au Sauvage lies on the north coast of the island and a league from Saint Pierre. It is suited to the pursuit of the cod fishing industry, but by boat only, and for the cultivation of the soil. It runs inland half a league to the south, afterwards dividing into two branches. The first branch runs south- south-east for a quarter of a league and then empties its waters into a stream by which a flour mill is run; the other runs west-north-west for half a league. Several settlers are living on the banks ot this second branch, and it is here that the finest wheat on the island is found."
                  • THE HARBOUR OF TRACADIE.
                  • From page 146: "Eight famlies are settled on the harbour of Tracadie, whilst two are settled at the Etang des Berges, three quarters of a league distant from Tracadie.
                  • It is like the harbour of Saint Pierre, suitable for the cod fishery, and the cultivation of the soil. The settlers who have established themselves here follow both industries with success. The entrance to the harbour is formed by a break in the chain of sand dunes, and lies east and west, the width being estimated at 200 to 250 toises (roughly six feet each). In the middle of the entrances lies a channel, sixty fathoms (roughly six feet each) in width running northnorth-east by south-south-west, and having throughout its length a deposit of fifteen to sixteen feet of water at high tide.
                  • A bar of sand lying partly across the outside of the entrance prevents the passage of vessels having a draft of more than eleven or twelve feet of water. The general course of this bar is nearly east and west.
                  • The harbour is very capacious and runs inland for a distance of two leagues behind the dunes to the eastward, and a good league to the south, preserving the same width to its extreme limits. The inhabitants are settled on the west coast of the said harbour. The lands that have been improved by the settlers, are partly under seed this year, and, generally, the crops appear to be fair enough. The lands are covered with all kinds of wood, whilst on the east-south-east and south-south-east the shores of the harbour contain plenty of pasture lands with a very good supply of grass, and it would be a very easy task, without incurring any great expenditure of labour to extend the meadows so that more settlers could be located.
                  • The most convenient method for securing the extension of these meadowlands that could be adopted would be to grant to each individual a portion of land sufficient for the keep of as many head of live stock as is necessary for the subsistence and requirements of each family. When, in the course of time, the settlers wish to maintain the increase of their live stock, they will find themselves under the necessity of enlarging the area of their pasturage and therefore of clearing the adjoining land. In proportion as the settlers increase the number of their live stock, they will be forced to extend their pastureland."
                  • CENSUS of the settlers at Tracadie, in men, women, children, etc.
                  • 'Eight famlies are settled on the harbour of Tracadie, whilst two are settled at the Etang des Berges, three quarters of a league distant from Tracadie."
                  • Note: this community is so small that I thought I would include all of the neighbours of the Bourg brothers. This adds some colour to their lives here. The Belliveaus and Boudrots have been living here as long as the Bourgs have been.
                  • Jacques Hache dit Galland, navigator and ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years, he has been in the country 16 years. Married to Marie Joseph Boudrot, native of l'Acadie, aged 32 years (possible sibling of Chalres and Pierre). They have seven children, four sons and three daughters: Jacques Phillippe, aged 14 years; Joseph, aged 10 years; Charles, aged 8 years; Syprien, aged 4 years; Marie Jeanne, aged 12 years; Marie, aged 5 years; Anne, aged 1 year. Their live stock consists of six oxen, one cow, five ewes, four pigs, five geese and six fowls. The land that they occupy was given to them verbally by Messieurs Duchambon and Dubuisson, on it they have made a clearing for the sowing of twenty-four bushels of grain, and they have sown fifteen bushels of wheat, three bushels of peas and half a bushel of oats.
                  • Charles Boudrot, ploughman and navigator, native of I'Acadie, aged 40 years; he has been in the country 39 years. Married to Marie Fougere, native of Port Toulouse, aged 29 years. They have four children, one son and three daughters: — Jean, aged 11 years; Theotiste, aged 9 years; Marie, aged 5 years. In live stock, they have three oxen, four cows, six calves, two wethers, three ewes, three pigs and seven fowls. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs Duchambon and Dubuisson. On it, they have made a clearing on which they have sown seven bushels and a half of wheat and one of peas.
                  • Pierre Boudrot, fisherman and ploughman, native of Port Toulouse, aged 30 years. Married to Cecille Vescot, native of I'Acadie, aged 23 years. They have one son and one daughter. Foelix Boudrot, aged 2 months; Marie Joseph, aged 19 months. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. On it they have made a clearing where they have sown ten and a half bushels of wheat and three bushels and a half of peas, and they still have fallow land for the sowing of eight bushels more.
                  • Charles Bourg, fisherman and ploughman, native of I'Acadie, aged 58 years, he has been in the country 24 years. Married to Anne Boudrot (name must be incorrect, needs research, could be Anne something, though), native of I'Acadie, aged 44 years. They have twelve children, seven sons and five daughters: —Charles, aged 25 years; Pierre, aged 21 years; Louis, aged 19 years; Paul, aged 11 years; Ange, aged 4 years; Joseph, aged 18 months; Anne, aged 17 years; Marguerite, aged 15 years; Elisabeth, aged 13 years; Magdelaine, aged 8 years; Gertrude, aged 5 years. Their live stock consists of the following : four oxen, four cows, three heifers, two calves, eighteen ewes, nine pigs, seven geese, seven fowls ; together with one fishing boat. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. On it they have made a clearing where they have sown twenty-five bushels of wheat and five bushels of peas, and they have fallow land for the sowing of twenty bushels.
                  • Michel Bourg, fisherman and ploughman, native of I'Acadie, aged 60 years, and has been 24 years on the Isle. Married to Anne Boudrot, native of I'Acadie, aged 50 years. They have seven children, four sons and three daughters:— Michel, aged 30 years; Joseph, aged 25 years; Abraham, aged 23 years; Pierre, aged 13 years (and therefore, born in Tracadie); Anne, aged 27 years; Marie, aged 19 years; Magdelaine, aged 14 years. In live stock they have four oxen, four cows, three calves, eight ewes, fifteen pigs, two sows, seventeen fowls or chickens; and one boat. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of sixty-four bushels of grain, they have sown one half of this quantity.
                  • Francois Boudrot dit Manne, ploughman and fisherman, native of I'Acadie, aged 61 years, he has been 25 years n the country. Married to Jeanne Landry, native of I'Acadie. They have six children, three sons and three daughters:— Joseph, aged 29 years; Charles, aged 18 years; Francois, aged 8 years; Judich, aged 20 years; Louise, aged 16 years; Elisabeth, aged 10 years. In live stock they have four oxen, four cows, three heifers, one mare, twenty ewes, twenty-seven fowls ; and one fishing boat. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of eighty-six bushels of seed, and this year they have sown thirty-two bushels of wheat and six bushels of peas.
                  • Louis Belliveaux, navigator and ploughman, native of I'Acadie, aged 44 years, he has been 23 years in the country. Married to Louise Hache native of I'Acadie, aged 36 years. They have six children, three sons and three daughters:— Jean, aged 16 years; Joseph, aged 10 years; Athanase, aged 5 years; Louise Felicite, aged 14 years; Anne, aged 12 years; Marie, aged 3 years. In live stock they have four oxen, four cows, two heifers, four wethers, one calf,, six ewes, two sows, ten pigs and two fowls. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of fifty bushels of seed, and have sown twenty-five bushels of wheat and five bushels of peas.
                  • Claude Boudrot, fisherman and ploughman, native of I'Acadie, aged 50 years, he has been in the country 31 years. Married to Judich Belliveaux, native of I'Acadie, aged 46 years. They have six children, three sons and three daughters:— Claude, aged 20 years; Michel, aged 17 years; Pierre, aged 8 years; Marie, aged 16 years; Marguerite, aged 14 years; Louise, aged 11 years. They have the following live stock: three oxen, three cows, one bull, three calves, one mare, four pigs, one sow, five fowls and one boat. The land on which they are settled was given to them verbally by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson. On it they have made a clearing on which they have sown twenty-two bushels of wheat, two bushels of barley and four bushels of peas.
                  • The census for Tracadie concludes and is followed with a record for 33-year-old Joseph Boudrot, wife Margueritte Chiasson, and nine children in neighbouring Etang Des Berges. (He is very likely a relation of the Boudrots in Tracadie.)
                  • Next is a comment made in the book (on page 149) about where the party was going next. "We left Tracadie and took our way for Macpec" (Malpeque, further to the west along the north shore of P.E.I.).
                  • These next images are snipped from the book, page 147. Charles appears first.

      How this family connects...

      The generations in Canada to present include...

      Antoine BOURG (born 1609, in France, arrived in Canada in 1632) / Antoinette LANDRY

      Abraham BOURG (born 1662) / Marie BRUN

      Michel BOURG born 1693) / Anne BOUDROT

      Pierre BOURG born 1740) / Cecile DUGAS

      Joseph BOURG (born 1777) / Anne BOUCHER

      Damien BOURG (Sr.) (born 1821) / Domitille CORDEAU

      Damien BOURG (Jr.) (born 1853) / Eugenie LANDRY

      Abraham Alfred Damien BURKE (born 1884) / Ellen Jane THIBEAU

      Theresa Mary BURKE (born 1925) / Alfred LONGHURST

      Appendix

      Nova Scotia Archives

      Nova Scotia Archives has become quite digitized and offers searchable databases with links to original documents and photographs. This link will take you to the Genealogy Guide.

      Here is an example of a parish register page. Pages such as these are now searchable at the Nova Scotia Archives and elsewhere.

      Relevant Censuses at Archives Canada

      For a list of censuses relevant to Acadia and the Bourg family, try https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Acadian_Census_Links_and_Lists

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