Francois Xavier Bourg was born Abt. 1738 in Cobequit, Acadia, and died Bef. 1801 in Assumption, LA.
First wife Elisabeth Leblanc was born 6 May 1736 at St. Charles-aux-Mines, Grand Pre, Acadia (baptized with her twin), and died Abt. 1780 in France. They were married 27 September 1763 at Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.
Their children were:
1- Marie Elizabeth Bourg b: 30 November 1764 Crehen, France (baptism 30 November 1764 Pleurtuit, Ille et Villaine); d: Abt. 7 May 1767 Crehen, France (burial 7 May 1767 Pleurtuit)
2- Pierre Marguerite Bourg b: 12 July 1766 Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (baptism 12 July 1766 Pleurtuit); d: 23 January 1767 Crehen, France (burial 23 January 1767 Pleurtuit)
3- Francois Augustin Xavier Bourg b: 10 January 1768 Crehen, France (baptism 11 January 1768 Pleurtuit); d; Bef. 1785 France
4- Francois Felix Xavier Bourg b: 26 February 1770 Crehen, France (baptism 27 February 1770 Pleurtuit); d: 8 November 1854 Labadieville, Assumption, LA; burial 9 November 1854 St. Philomene, Labadieville
+Marie Marianne Schmidt b: Abt. 1770 St. Charles, LA; m: 13 April 1801 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1850 Assumption, LA
Notes for Francois Felix Xavier Bourg:
- 21 August 1850 Assumption census (2nd district), p. 143: Felix Bourg 82 farmer, $8000 real estate (b. France), Marie 80, Carmelite Fight 19.
5- Jean Joseph Marie Bourg b: 28 January 1772 Crehen, France (baptism 29 January 1772 Pleurtuit); d: Abt. 15 April 1773 Crehen, France (burial 15 April 1773 Pleurtuit)
6- Joseph Faustin Bourg b: Abt. 1774 France; d: Abt. 20 November 1816 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Felicite Canade b: Abt. 1784 New Orleans, LA; m: 3 November 1800 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 14 January 1845 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7- Marie Elizabeth Bourg b: 23 October 1775 Crehen, France (baptism 23 October 1775 Pleurtuit)
+Mathurin Pierre Francois Hebert b: 28 October 1771 Ploubalay, Cotes du Nord; m: 18 September 1797 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
Notes for Marie Elizabeth Bourg:
- 1798 Lafourche census: Mathurin Hebert 25, wife Marie 21.
8- Maximilien Bourg b: 22 February 1778 Crehen, Ille et Villaine, France
+Caroline Sara Charlotta Rentrop b: Abt. 1780 Westphalia, Prussia, Germany; m: 2 August 1803 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
9- Elizabeth Felicite Bourg b: 5 July 1780 Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (baptism 5 July 1780 Pleurtuit)
+Jean Baptiste Olivier Hebert b: Abt. 1773; m: 2 August 1795 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
Notes for Elizabeth Felicite Bourg:
- 1795 Lafourche census: Juan Bautista Hebert 22, Isabel Bourque 16, Maturino 29
- 1797 Lafourche census: Jean Baptiste Hebert 23, wife Isabelle Bourg 17, Mathurin 30 (single)
- 1798 Lafourche census: Jean Baptiste Hebert 24, wife Elisabet 17, Louis 1
Second wife Marguerite Pelagie Henry was born Abt. 1750 in Acadia, and died 14 October 1822 at Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. They were married 31 July 1781 at Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.
Their children were:
1- Jean Pierre Francois Bourg b: 13 November 1783 Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (baptism 13 November 1783 Pleurtuit); d: Aft. 1850 Assumption, LA
+Emerante Berthelot b: 10 January 1790 Edgard, St. John, LA; m: 18 August 1807 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1850 Assumption, LA
Notes for Jean Pierre Francois Bourg:
- 21 August 1850 Assumption census (2nd district), p. 143: Jean Pierre F. Bourg 68 farmer, $1000 real estate (b. France), Meranthe 62, Marie 29, Roseline 24, Eulalie 23, Valery 19, Marceline 14.
2- Anne Victoire Bourg b: 14 May 1785 France; d: Aft. December 1785 Louisiana
3- Anselme Bourg b: 25 June 1787 Pointe Coupee, LA (baptism 3 May 1788 Pointe Coupee)
4- Marguerite Celeste Bourg b: 16 December 1788 Pointe Coupee, LA (baptism 12 April 1789 Pointe Coupee)
+Laurent Elie Fremin b: 17 April 1788 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA; m: 8 November 1807 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Bef. 1828 Lafourche, LA
*2nd Husband of Marguerite Celeste Bourg:
+Jean Baptiste Colonne b: Abt. 1784 Bastia, Corsica; m: 2 February 1835 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1850 Assumption, LA
Notes for Francois Xavier Bourg:
- 9 March 1759: Felix (Francois) Xavier Bourg disembarked at St. Malo from du Supply. Resided in Pleurtuit.
- 23 May 1760: He embarked on the Corsair le Jason, and was taken prisoner by the English.
- 25 May 1763: He arrived at St. Malo after 3 years imprisonment. He resided in the parish of Pleurtuit 1763-72.
- 12 August 1785 - 3 December 1785: Felix (Francois) Xavier Bourg 44 and 2nd wife Marguerite Pelagie Henry 34 along with Felix Joseph Faustin Xavier 15, Marie Isabelle 8, Maximilien 6, Isabelle 4 (children by Elizabeth Leblanc) and Pierre and Anne Victoire born 14 May 1785 (their children) arrived in LA from France on La Ville d'Archangel. Accompanying them were Charles Bourg 46 and wife Marguerite Leblanc 40. They received one each of knife, large knife, two each of axe, hatchet, three hoes, & 4 shovels.
Parents of Francois Xavier Bourg
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