Person:Joseph Bourg (2)

Joseph Faustin Bourg
d.Bef 20 Nov 1816 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
m. 27 Sep 1763
  1. Marie Elisabeth Bourg1764 - 1767
  2. Pierre Marguerite Bourg1766 - 1767
  3. Augustin Xavier Bourg1768 -
  4. Felix Xavier Bourg1770 - 1854
  5. Jean Joseph Marie Bourg1772 - 1773
  6. Joseph Faustin Bourg1774 - Bef 1816
  7. Marie Elisabeth Bourg1775 - 1860
  8. Maximilien (Maxile) Bourg1778 - Aft 1829
  9. Elisabeth Felicite Bourg1780 -
m. 3 Nov 1800
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Faustin Bourg
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Feb 1774 Crehen, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Christening[3] 15 Feb 1774 Pleurtuit, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Immigration[4] 3 Dec 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Marriage 3 Nov 1800 Plattenville, Assumption, LAto Felicity Kennedy
Census[5][6] 1810 , Lafourche, LA
Other[7] 1810 , Lafourche, LALand Ownership
Death? Bef 20 Nov 1816 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
Probate[8][9] 20 Nov 1816 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA

BEWARE: There is another Joseph Faustin BOURG, this man's 1st cousin, born in 1777, also in France, who married Marie Anne LE BLANC in 1801 in Baton Rouge, LA; had at least 4 children by 1810.

References
  1. Audrey B. Westerman. First Land Owners and Annotated Census of Lafourche Interior Parish, LA (Lafourche & Terrebonne). (Thibodaux, LA: author, 1995)
    No. 322.

    Joseph Faustin BOURG, born ca. 1774 at St. Malo, France, son of Francois Xavier & Elizabeth LeBLANC.

  2. Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 1052.

    Joseph-Faustin, born around 1774.

  3. Baptismal record.

    "G[arçon] Joseph Faustin Bourg fils legitime de François Xavier Bourg, et d Elizabep[?] Le Banc [sic], né a Crehen le 14e feuvrier 1774, a eté baptisé le landemain, parain Jean Henry, marainne Marie Molaison presens le dit pere, et autres. N. Roulin, Curé"

    Filmed at Rennes, France, Archives departementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine, of the Pleurtuit Parish, Diocese of St. Malo, Collection communale. Photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot Reader.

  4. Donald J. Hébert. Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995)
    pp. 102-103.

    Joseph Faustin BOURG, age 11, was the second-oldest child of Francois Xavier BOURG in the 52nd family (of 11 persons) aboard the ship "La Ville d'Archangel," embarked for Louisiana on 12 Aug 1785, arrived 3 Dec 1785.

  5. Audrey B. Westerman. First Land Owners and Annotated Census of Lafourche Interior Parish, LA (Lafourche & Terrebonne). (Thibodaux, LA: author, 1995)
    No. 322.

    Joseph Faustin BOURG, born around 1774 at St. Malo, FR, married on 3 Nov 1800 (ASM) to Felicite CANADE, daughter of David & Marguerite FARQUERSON; four children listed on 1810 census. There was also 1 free "other" person. [Joseph was in the category of males age 26-44. Who is 2nd male between ages 26-44?]
    Free White Males Free White Females Other Free Persons Slaves
    0-9 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ 0-9 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
    3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

  6. U.S. federal census (online)
    p. 189.

    Line [19], Joseph Faustin BOURGE:
    Free White Males Free White Females Other Free Persons Slaves
    0-9 10-15 16-26 26-45 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-26 26-45 45+
    3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
    A note in the far right column indicates that the household had no [?] loom, but made 20 Ells [measurement of length, about 25% longer than a yard] of cottanade.
    [Joseph is age 36, his wife Felicity KENNEDY is around 26. Their sons are: Maximilien Joseph, age 8; Hilaire, age 4; and Eli Rosemond, age 2. Their daughter is Rose Felicite, age 6. Who is the other male age 26-44?]

    Ancestry.com, image 1/10.

  7. Audrey B. Westerman. First Land Owners and Annotated Census of Lafourche Interior Parish, LA (Lafourche & Terrebonne). (Thibodaux, LA: author, 1995)
    No. 322.

    His land was T15S R16E Sec. 40, Claim #274 - 84.15 sup. acres, bounded upstream by Urbin ESCHETE and downstream by Jean Baptiste LEONARD (Right Bank Bayou Lafourche).

  8. Donald J. Hebert. South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840. (Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978)
    p. 105.

    Joseph BOURG, married to Felicite CANADE, inventory dated 20 Nov 1816 at Lafourche Parish Courthouse, Thibodaux, LA (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: 1816).

  9. Audrey B. Westerman. First Land Owners and Annotated Census of Lafourche Interior Parish, LA (Lafourche & Terrebonne). (Thibodaux, LA: author, 1995)
    No. 322.

    His succession recorded is dated 20 Nov 1816 at Thibodaux, LA.