When Joseph Bourgery dit Bourgis was born on 1 August 1722, in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada, his father, Denis Bourgery dit Bourgis, was 43 and his mother, Marie "Josephe" Lebeau dit Lalouette, was 26. He married Marie-Euphrasine Sicotte on 3 May 1751, in Ste-Famille-de-Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 26 May 1786, in his hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ste-Famille-de-Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada.