Person:Marguerite Henry (1)
Marguerite Pelagie Henry
b.17 Jun 1752 , , , Acadia
d.Oct 1822 , Lafourche, LA
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m. 31 Jul 1781
  1. Jean Pierre Francois Bourg1783 - 1864
  2. Anne Victoire Bourg1785 - 1786
  3. Anselme Bourg1787 -
  4. Marguerite Celeste Bourg1788 - 1848
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Name Marguerite Pelagie Henry
Alt Name Margueritte Joseph
Gender Female
Birth[1] 17 Jun 1752 , , , Acadia
Christening[2] 18 Jun 1752 Port Lajoie, Isle St. Jean, , Acadia
Census[4] 1752 Isle Saint-Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Marriage 31 Jul 1781 Pleurtuit, , Ille-et-Vilaine, Franceto Francois Xavier Bourg
Immigration[5] 3 Dec 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Death? Oct 1822 , Lafourche, LA
Burial[3] 15 Oct 1822 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Albert Robichaux, Jr., THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO, 1758-1785; 1758-1785; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; vol. II (part I cont.), p. 501 (father's family #560); own copy; this volume contains family genealogies H-Z. Listed as 2nd child of father's 1st marriage, born about 1750. Marguerite married on 31 Jul 1781 to Francois-Xavier BOURG at Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (see family #168, vol. I, p. 137). There one child is listed for her marriage.

BURIAL: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1804-1819; vol. 3, Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982; p. 431; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.3. Is she the Marguerite [HENRY], age 66 [so born 1750], widow of LONGEPEE, who was buried 27 Jun 1816 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA (SGA-8, 80).

References
  1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 1053.

    Marguerite-Pélagie HENRY, daughter of Pierre (16) & Madeleine PITRE, born 17 Jun 1852, baptized 18 Jun 1752 (Register Port Lajoie).

  2. ↑ Tim Hebert, trans. & ed. Acadian Church Records, Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean, 1749-1758. (Houma, LA, Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History, 2000)
    p. 35.

    Marguerite Pelagie HENRY, daughter of Pierre & Marie Magdelaine PITRE of Riviere du Ouest, baptized 18 Jun 1752. Sponsors: Jean HENRY & Isabelle PITRE.

  3. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840. (Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978)
    p. 280.

    Marguerite Pelagie HENRY, married to Xavier BOURG, died [sic, probably burial record] 15 Oct 1822 at age 70 years. (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.5).

    One of the first records in this parish.

  4. ↑ Public Archives of Canada. Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, vol. II, pt. A. (1905; reprint Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, 1994.).

    Margueritte Joseph HENRY, age 2 years, oldest child of Louis & Magdelaine PITRE, born native of l'Acadie, in country two years.

    Sieur de La Roque census.

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

    Marguerite Pélagie HENRY, age 34, with husband and seven children, ages 15 to a few months, and another couple, made up the 52nd family (of 11 persons) aboard the ship "La Ville d'Archangel," embarked for Louisiana on 12 Aug 1785, debarked on 3 Dec 1785. She was traveling with five children from her husband's first marriage [including Maximilien age 6], and two of her own, ages 1 year and a few months.
    (A further reference to ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO #168 says she was the daughter of Pierre & Marie-Madeleine PITRE.)

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