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Sophie Bourgeois (1784 - 1871)

Born in Colony of New Brunswick
Died at about age 87 in Memramcook, Westmorland, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Sophie Bourgeois was born around 1784. Sophie and Alexis LeBlanc were married around 1804.

In 1851 Sophia (age 67) lived in Dorchester, Westmorland (county), New Brunswick.[1] She was listed with her husband Alexis White (69).

In 1861 Sophia (age 78) lived in Dorchester, New Brunswick.[2]

In 1871 Soffie (age 77 [sic]) was a widow and lived in the household of her son-in-law Joseph Veno in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick.[3]

Sophie died on 20 Oct 1871 and was buried two days later in Memramcook. [4][5] The age given on her burial record was 89 years, the widow of Alexis LeBlanc.

Sources

  1. "Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)," Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 11 Jan 2023). Item ID Number: 23869751, entry for Sophia White, Age: 67, Relationship: Wife, Province: New Brunswick, District Name: Westmorland (county), District Number: 14, Sub-District Name: Dorchester, Sub-District Number: 84, Page Number: 13, Line Number: 24, Microfilm: C-996, Image Number: e002294690.
  2. "Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)," Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 11 Jan 2023). Item ID Number: 46068433, entry for Sophia White, Age: 78, Province: New Brunswick, District Number: 13, Sub-District Name: Dorchester, Sub-District Number: 2, Page Number: 63, Line Number: 17, Microfilm: C-1006, Image Number: 4108522_00219.
  3. "Census of Canada, 1871," Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 11 Jan 2023). Item ID Number: 39682971, entry for Soffie White, Age: 77, Marital Status: Widowed, Province: New Brunswick, District Name: Westmorland, District Number: 186, Sub-District Name: Dorchester, Sub-District Number: a, Page Number: 3, Line Number: 2, Microfilm: C-10391, Image Number: 4396662_00621.
  4. Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. (Name: Sophie Bourgeois Event Year: 1845-1899 Event: Enterrement (Burial) Place or Church Name: Memramcook Province: Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) (New Brunswick) Ancestry Record 1110 #287174
  5. White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des “”Retrouvailles 94””, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). BOURGEOIS, 37 Families Text : “xi. Sophie, n v 1784; m v 1804 Alexis LE BLANC (Pierre & Marie Saulnier); d Memramcook 20 oct 1871.”
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Gisèle Cormier
Bourgeois-272 and Bourgeois-1050 appear to represent the same person because: It appears to be a duplicate with same mother and siblings

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