Joseph Dugas (1689 - 1733)

Born 1689 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Richard — married 12 Jan 1711 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1733 at about age 44 in Louisbourg, Isle Royale, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Joseph Dugas was born about 1689. He was the son of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guillebaut.

Joseph was a carpenter.^[1]

Joseph married Marguerite Richard, daughter of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Landry, on Jan 12, 1711 in Grand Pré^[2]. There were a number of witnesses including Abraham Dugas, Pierre Richard and Marguerite herself all of whom signed with a mark. Those who signed with a signature were Jean Terriot, Jacques Terriot, and Joseph himself.^[3]

Joseph and Marguerite had nine children, all but two were born in Isle Royale (Port Toulouse or Louisbourg):^[4]

1. Charles Dugas (1711-1801)
2. Marie Madeleine Dugas (1713-1732)
3. Joseph Dugas (1714-1779)
4. Marguerite Dugas (1718-1732)
5. Anne Dugas (1720-1733)
6. Angelique Dugas (1723-1743)
7. Abraham Dugas (abt.1726-)
8. Etienne Dugas (172901730)
9. Jeanne Anne Dugas (1731-aft.1817)

Joseph died on Sept 4, 1733 in the smallpox epidemic.^[1][5][6]]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Lane-Jonah, Anne Marie. 2016. “Everywoman’s Biography: The Stories of Marie Marguerite Rose and Jeanne Dugas at Louisbourg”. Acadiensis 45 (1). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/24584. numbered paragraph 21 (not paged).
2. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 549. Marriage for Joseph Dugas and Marguerite Richard. 12 Jan 1711, accessed 1 Sep 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999), vol. 1a, p. 65; Marriage of Joseph and Marguerite, January 12, 1711
4. ↑ Marcel W Landry “Généalogie des Landry a travers le monde” Joseph. Accessed 6/13/2021.
5. ↑ http://www.krausehouse.ca/krause/FortressOfLouisbourgManuscriptsAndIndexes/images/G1/G1Volume406Registry4-48.jpg

   this day September 5, 1733, was buried in the cemetery of the church of Louisbourg, Joseph Dugas, resident of the place. Who, after having received the sacraments of penance (?) and extreme anointing (?), returned his soul to God on the fourth of the said month and year. Brother Hyppolite Herp, parish priest of Louisbourg"

6. ↑ Drouin Genealogical Institute (membership required) Burial

See also:

• White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, p. 569.

• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Joseph_Dugas&pid=482688&lng=fr&partID=482689