Marie Bourg

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Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

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Marie Bourg was born about 1645 in Acadia, the daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry.≤ref name=DGFA/>
Around 1661, Marie married Vincent Breau in Acadia. ≤ref> Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Source number: 202.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CHB ≤/ref>Betweenaround 1662 and 1685, Marie gave birth to 12 children:≤ref name=DGFA>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, Print. p=p221; 270-273≤/ref>

1. Marie (dit Vincelotte) BREAU b: ABT 1662 in Royal, Acadia
2. Antoine BREAU b: ABT 1666 in Port Royal, Acadia
3. Marguerite BREAU b: ABT 1668 in Royal, Acadia
4. Pierre BREAU b: ABT 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia
5. Unknown (son) BREAU b: ABT 1671 in Port Royal, Acadia
6. Anne BREAU b: ABT 1673 in Port Royal, Acadia
7. Francois BREAU b: ABT 1674 in Port Royal, Acadia
8. Jean BREAU b: ABT 1678 in Port Royal, Acadia
9. Marie BREAU b: ABT 1680 in Port Royal, Acadia
10. Jeanne BREAU b: ABT 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia
11. Rene BREAU b: ABT 1685 in Port Royal, Acadia
12. Elisabeth BREAU b: 1685 in Port Royal, Acadia

In 1671 they had started their family, Marie was 26 with four young children at home.≤ref>1671 Census≤blockquote>Vincent BROT, 40, wife Marie BOURG 26; Children: Marie 9, Antoine 5, Marguerite 3, Pierre 1; cattle 9, sheep 7≤/blockquote>≤/ref>. They expanded their family with two more children by 1678, and now owning 3 arpents of land.≤ref>1678 Census≤/ref>
By 1686 Marie was widowed with an infant just a few months old. ≤ref>1686 Census≤blockquote>Marie BOURC, widow of Vincent BREAU, 50; children: Antoine 22, Marguerite 18, Pierre 16, Anne 14, Francois 12. Jean 11, Marie 9, Jeanne 6, Rene 3, Susanne 2 months; 3 arpents, 6 cattle, 4 sheep, 6 hogs.≤/blockquote>(incorrect age for her and Suzanne is not one of her children) and a second listing (correct age and children)≤blockquote>Marie BOURC (widow of Vincent BROT) 41; children: Antoine 20, Marguerite 18, Pierre 16,Anne 17, Francoise 11, Jeanne 9, Marie 7, jeanne 5, Rene 3, Isabelle 5 months; 4 arpents, 10 cattle, 5 sheep, 5 hogs.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> She raised her children on her own for many years. Her fortunes seem to have improved over time, with the 1693 Census showing she had 12 arpents of land, more sheep and pigs and a gun, along with 8 children still at home≤ref>1693 Census ≤blockquote> Marie BOURG (widow of Vincent BRAU) 48, Marguerite 24, Pierre 22, Anne20, Francois 18, Jean 15, Jeanne 9, Rene 8, Elisabeth 7; 14 cattle, 20 sheep, 8 pigs, 12 arpents, 1 gun≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>1698 Census≤blockquote>Marie BOURG widow (of Vincent BRUN) 53, Margueritte 28; Francois 24; Jean 22; Anne 20; Marie 18 Jeanne 17, Rene 15; Elisabeth 13; 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs, ;8 arpents, 30 fruit trees,≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>1700 Census≤blockquote>Marie BOURG, widow (of Vincent BROT) 55; Pierre 27; Francois 25; Jean 22; Rene 15; Anne27; Jeanne 16; Elisabeth 15; 15 cattle, 18 sheep, 12 arpents, 1 gun.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>. She is not found in any of the subsequent censuses.
Marie died on September 19, 1730 in Annapolis Royal (formerly Port Royal, Acadie) and was buried "at the top of the river"the same day. Shewas 86.≤ref name=DGFA/>
DNA. Marie's mother was Antoinette Landry. The Mothers of AcadiaMaternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2010, H haplogroup. The number of her descendants were tested to support this report is unknown. Lucie Leblanc Constantino reported one result here. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2014, 14 descendants have reported an H haplogroup, indicating European origins.

Sources

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• "A Breau Genealogy" Compiled by Clarence T. Breaux and Robert Brault,Second Edition 2004, pg. 1.

See also: * Source: ≤span id='S1161106189'>S1161106189≤/span> Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R1150661019 Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=112696831&pi...