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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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.”