Ambroise Dugas, named for his father and grandfather, was born 29 Oct 1792 in the area of present-day Assumption or Lafourche Parishes, and was baptized in Plattenville on 24 Apr 1793[1] as the son of Ambroise Dugas fils and Marie Victoire Pitre. His parents were living in Lafourche de Chetimachas in January 1791[2] and in Valenzuela, further north by the time of the December 1795 census.[3]
On 21 Feb 1814, Ambroise married Marcelite Bourgeois at the church where he'd been baptized in Plattenville.[4]
Their children were:
↑ Robichaux, Albert J. Jr. Colonial settlers along Bayou Lafourche: Louisiana census records, 1770-1798. (Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publishing, 1980): p.159. Text:
↑ Robichaux, Albert J. Jr. Colonial settlers along Bayou Lafourche: Louisiana census records, 1770-1798. (Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publishing, 1980): p.55. Text:
Ambrosio DUGAT-45, Maria PITRE-43; Luis-16; Olivier-5; Ambrosio-3; Eulalia-12; Maria-8..
↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Record Volume 3 (1804-1819). (Baton Rouge, LA: Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1982): p.284 . Text:
DUGAS...Ambrosio (Ambrosio and Maria PITRE, decd. of Acadia) m. 21 Feb. 1814 Marcelita BOURGEOIS of St. James Parish (Josef Pablo and Maria Rosa HENRRY) wit: Juan Bautista Guillot; Ambrosio Hebert; Francisco Tureyra (ASM-2,219)
↑ Source: #S87 Page: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lafourche, Louisiana; Page: 124; NARA Roll: M33_30; Image: 55 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lafourche, Louisiana; Page: 124; NARA Roll: M33_30; Image: 55
↑ Source: #S76 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Terrebonne, Louisiana; Roll: M432_241; Page: 309A; Image: 128 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE Year: 1850; Census Place: Terrebonne, Louisiana; Roll: M432_241; Page: 309A; Image: 128
↑ Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana; Roll: M653_413; Page: 73; Image: 72; Family History Library Film: 803413 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE Year: 1860; Census Place: Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana; Roll: M653_413; Page: 73; Image: 72; Family History Library Film: 803413
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ambroise by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: