Alexandre Bourg

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Category:Grand-Pr%C3%A9, Acadie
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

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Biography ==Alexandre Bourg was born about 1671 to Francois Bourg and Marguerite Boudrot. He was probably born late in that year since he was not on the 1671 census for their family;≤ref>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.≤blockquote>vFrancois BOURC 28, wife Marguerite BOUDROT23; Children: Michel 5, Marie 3; cattle 15, sheep.≤/blockquote>

≤/ref>in 1678 he was said to be age 8, born in 1670.≤ref>Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678Census≤blockquote>Francois Bourg & Marguerite Boudrot

8 acres 15 cattle

:2 boys
::13 1665 Michel 1665/6
::8 1670 Alexandre
:3 girls
::10 1668 Marie 1668
::5 1673
::1 1677≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref name=White/>≤ref name=Bio>C. J. d’Entremont, “BOURG, Belle-Humeur, ALEXANDRE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3 (University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003) accessed January 27, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bourg_alexandre_3E.html.
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Alexandre married Marguerite MELANSON in about 1694 in Grand Pré,≤refname=Bio /> and over the course of their marriage had 15 children. All except two married and had children of their own.≤ref name=White>Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 1149 ≤/ref>The family was living in Mines in 1714.≤ref> The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 247.≤blockquote> Alexandre Bourg and wife, 2 sons, 7 daughters.≤/blockquote>
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In August 1695 Alexandre took the oath of allegiance to the King of England and signed the document.≤ref name=supp>Stephen A. White, English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Part I, 1636 to 1714 (Moncton, N.B.: Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 2000) p. 52 ≤/ref>
In July 1711 he was appointed as expert land-surveyor, judge and notary, based on the recommendation of Father Bonaventure at Les Mines.≤refname=supp /> He continued this work until 1744 even through controversies until he was suspended by the Council of Nova Scotia.≤ref name=supp />≤ref name=Bio />≤ref>Acadian-Home.org "St-Charles-des-Mines Cemetery" Article by by Sally Ross & Susan Surette Draper. Author of website Lucie LeBlanc Consentino≤blockquote> :Alexandre Bourg dit Belle-Humeur was a notary, and represented the Acadians of the Grand-Pré or Minas region for negotiations with the British administration in Annapolis Royal (formerly Port-Royal). Alexandre's career ended in 1744 when he was accused of negligence and collaboration with the French, specifically, with his son-in-law Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre and with François Du Pont Duvivier, his nephew and acaptain in Louisbourg.≤/blockquote>
≤/ref>Sadly, after losing his job in 1744, his wife died later that year, inDecember.
:Children:≤ref name=White/>

1. Marie Bourg (1695 - ) in Grand Pré
2. Madeleine Bourg (1696 - )
3. Anne Bourg (1699 - ) in Grand Pré
4. Marguerite BOURG b: vers 1701 in Acadie
5. Pierre BOURG b: fers 1703 in Acadie
6. Judith BOURG b: vers 1705 in Acadie
7. Anastasie Bourg (1708 - )
8. Alexandre Bourg (1709 - )
9. Marie-Josephte Bourg (1711 - )
10. Dorothée Bourg (1713 - )
11. Paul Bourg (1715 - )
12. Michel Bourg (1717 - )
13. Bénony Bourg (1718 - )
14. Jean-Baptiste Bourg (1720 - )
15. Joseph BOURG b: 8 Mai 1722

He died at age 89 in Richibouctou, which was still Acadie, Nouvelle-France for a few more years and then became New Brunswick.≤ref name=White/>≤ref name=Bio />

Biographie ==:Alexandre Bourg dit Bellehumeur (vers 1671 - vers 1760) variante du nom: Bourgue.

:Père et mère:
:Il est le fils de François Bourg et de Marguerite Boudrot.

:Naissance:
:Vers 1671, il naît à Port-Royal, Acadie, Canada (Nouvelle-France).

:Mariage::En 1694, à Grand-Pré, Acadie, Canada (Nouvelle-France), Alexandre Bourg âgé de 23 ans épouse Marguerite Melanson âgée de 18 ans, fille de Sieur Pierre Melanson de la Verdure et de Marie Marguerite Anne Mius d'Entremont.

:Décès::En 1760, âgé d'environ 89 ans, Alexandre Bourg décède à Richibouctou, Acadie.

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See also:

• Acadian in France - volume 2, 49*Généalogie Québec*Nos origines