Dorothy Downing1

#22098, (circa 1780 - circa 1 September 1875)

Family

François Hubert Bourque b. c 1778, d. 1847
Children 1.Marie Anne Bourque6 (c 1802 - )
 2.Barbe Bourque+7 (c 1810 - )
 3.Mathias Bourque+8 (1813 - )
 4.Etienne Bourque9 (1818 - )
 5.Hyppolite Bourque10 (1820 - )
 6.Antoinette Bourque+1 (1822 - 1914)
 7.Marcelline Bourque11 (1824 - )
Her married name was Bourque. 
Birth*circa 1780She was born circa 1780 at Nova ScotiaG.2,3 
Marriage*She married François Hubert Bourque.1 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Hyppolite Bourque at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, mother, age 69, wid., b. NB.4 
1871She appeared on the census of 1871 in the household of Mathias Bourque and Françoise Bourque at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 89, wid., b. NS.5 
Death*circa 1 September 1875She died circa 1 September 1875 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
Burial*3 September 1875She was buried on 3 September 1875 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church Cemetery, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 

Citations

  1. [S1980] Auguste Daigle (transcriber), Registre de la paroisse St-Timothée [i.e. Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila] de Shemogue, FHL Film 928969, Item 10, filmed 1967, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, online FamilySearch.org, Marr. rec. of Antoinette Bourk, dau. of François Hubert Bourk and Dorothy Downing, 1849, q.v.
  2. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 283, no. S-32, img. 147/426. Dorothi Downing, wid. of François Burk, age 95, bur. 3 Sep 1875; burial rites by Jas McDevitt, P Bradley; witn. Fidel Leger and others.
  3. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.
  4. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Pollet (30), b. NB, farmer.
  5. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Thada (58), b. NB, farmer; Fanny (52), b. NS.
  6. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), sh. 14, no. M-3, img. 15/150. Marin Theriot, laborer of Aboujagane, son of Joseph Theriot and Marie Suret, also of Aboujagane, and Marie-Anne Bourk of this parish, dau. of François-Hubert Bourk, laborer, and Dorothie Downing, also of this parish, marr. 30 Oct 1820 by Ant. Gagnon; witn. Théodore Theriot and Pierre Theriot, brothers of the groom, and Franços-Hubert Bourk, father of the bride, and Paul Forêt, uncle of the bride. Online Ancestry.com.
  7. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Shemogue, 1813-1899, p. 37, no. M-1, img. 38/150. Barbe Bourk of this parish, dau. of François Bourk and Dorothie Downing, of this parish and consenting, and Armand Cormier, farmer of Cap-Pelé, Botsford, son of Pierre Cormier and ---- Cormier; marr. 6 Mar 1832 by Ant. Gagnon; witn. Pierre Cormier, father, and Florine [or Placide?] Cormier, brother of the groom, and Simon Bourk, brother of the bride.
  8. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Shemogue, 1813-1899, sh. 3, img. 4/150. Mathias Bourk, b. 24 Feb 1813, son of François-Hubert Bourk and Dorothie Downing, bapt. 13 Oct 1813 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors Jean Dugnay and Rosalie Forêt. [Added at a later date] Mathias Bourk was known later as Thaddé Bourk, still living in 1905.
  9. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  10. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Shemogue, 1813-1899, p. 178, no. M-1, img. 115/150. Hyppolite Bourk, son of François Hubert Bourk, deceased, and Dorothie Downing; and Domitille Cormier, dau. of Eusebe Cormier and Poline Leger; marr. 13 Jan 1852 by J Sweeny, witn. Pierre Cormier, brother of the bride, and Etienne Bourk, brother of the groom.
  11. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: Shemogue, 1813-1899, sh. 24, no. B-3, img. 25/150. Marcelline Bourk, b. 24 Nov 1824, dau. of François-Hubert Bourk and Dorothie Downing, bapt. 1 Jan 1825 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors [illegible] Downing and Marguerite Bourk.