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Subject: Re: BOURG from Martaize, France
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:06:15 -0500
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nancy Zuber/Del Smith
> Subject: BOURG from Martaize, France
>
> > I descend from Antoine BOURG, said to be born in 1609 in Martaize,
> > France in the region of Loudon, Department de la Vienne. If Martaize is
> > the name of the city, what is Loudon and what is a Department?
Martaize is a village. Loudon is a town a bit larger and to the north.
A department is a segment of the country, somewhat like a state in the
U.S. but smaller.
The 'Acadian Colonists' Origins' page includes maps of the area during
that time period.<http://www.acadian-cajun.com/colorig.htm>;
> > BOURG was said to have gone to Acadia in 1632. How many families went
> > to Acadia in 1632 and do we have their names? Were all these people
> > from the same area in France?
Razilly left France on the "LÂ’Esperance a Dieu" on July 4, 1632 with 2
transports and 300 people. There may have been 12-15 women in this
group; there is no list of the passengers. [Clark, p. 95]
Actually, we only have evidence that a few Acadians were from the
Martaize/LaChausee area. The origin of most of the Acadians is
unknown. Tons of people have Martaize/LaChausee as the point of origin
in their records, no doubt a lot of it is due to Massignon's work.
Genevieve Massignon's studies point to the Acadian linguistics as being
of western French origin. It's too limiting to narrow it to such a
small area. Given that the records in this area have been thoroughly
searched, Stephen White suggests that this might be evidence that they
did NOT originate in this area. If anyone reads old French and has the
time and money to search through the parish registers of all of western
France, good luck :)
Carole Brow wrote:
>
> I have a very short chronology on my Acadia list website. Besides Lucie's
> site, another good source is Tim Herbert's site.
To Carole Brow ...
Mon Dieu! The name is Hébert, of course, not Herbert :)
Agape, Tim
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