DIARY OF A FRENCHMAN - FRANCOIS LAMBERT
BOURNEUF'S ADVENTURES FROM FRANCE TO ACADIA 1787-1871 - Edited
and Translated by J. Alphonse Deveau. Francois Lambert Bourneuf was an
MLA for Digby County, Nova Scotia who began writing his autobiography
in 1859 to redeem himself in the eyes of his constituents. His memoirs
provide a vivid picture of a critical period in our history. 114
pages.
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François
Lambert Bourneuf crossed the Bay of Fundy every two
weeks in his small schooner to trade eggs, potatoes, butter and other
products with Joseph Joppe LeBlanc and Charles Michaud Melanson.
In 1859, when he was 71 years old, Francois Lambert Bourneuf wrote the
story of his life.
The autobiography tells of his childhood in France; his experiences in
Regneville, Normandy; the methods of a priest who thought a punch
between the shoulder blades would better his education; and about the
sudden death of his mother. He also wrote about his experiences as a
sailor aboard a French frigate. It was captured in 1809 by the British,
which led to a stay in the Melville Prison on the Northwest Arm in
Halifax. The description of prison life and his attempts to escape with
others were eye-opening.
In 1818, he married Marie Doucet who gave birth to seven children
between 1819 and 1838. He settled near St. Mary's Bay, where he became
a businessman, shipbuilder and a member of the Nova Scotia Legislative
Assembly from 1843 to 1859.
Financial woes forced Bourneuf to declare bankruptcy in 1855.
Diary of a Frenchman -
François Lambert Bourneuf's Adventures from France to Acadia
1787-1871, edited and translated by J. Alphonse Deveau and
published in 1990, provides a glance into the conditions of life on
both sides of the Atlantic.