Brief Life History of Cecile
When Cecile Bourg was born on 3 March 1736, in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Joseph Bourg, was 38 and her mother, Louise Robichaud, was 34. She married Antoine Foisy Lafrenière on 20 February 1775, in L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada. She died on 22 May 1778, in L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Canada East, British Colonial America, at the age of 42, and was buried in L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Canada East, British Colonial America.
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- Cecile Bourgeois, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
- Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, L'Assomption, L'Assomption, (1756-1782); marriage record of Antoine Foisy and Cecile Bousk; Image #346
- Nos Origines: Genealogy of Canada
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Camille, Antoine, Cecile, Emile, Alcide, Anatole, Clovis, Ferrel, Leonce, Onile.
French: topographic name for someone who lived in a town as opposed to one who lived in a village, from Middle French bourg (Old French burc) ‘fortified town’, or a habitational name from (Le) Bourg, the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare Bourke , Bourque , Burk , and Burke .
History: Antoine Bourg/Bourque from Martaizé in Vienne, France, married Antoinette Landry in Acadia c. 1642. His descendants also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Bourke, Bourque, and Burk(e).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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