Anne Osite Dugas (abt. 1754 - 1809)

Born about 1754 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Hebert — married 6 Oct 1778 in Nantes, Bretagne, France

Wife of Joseph Granger — married 16 Jan 1791 in Saint Martinville, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1809 at about age 55 in Prairie Sorel, St. Martin, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, USA

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Biography

Anne Osite Dugas migrated from France to Louisiana.

Anne Ozite Dugast, veuve Hebert is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 7-R, La Bergere arrivee le 15 aout 1785. She is listed with three children: Charles, Anne, and Marguerite, and her family is listed immediately after her parents and two younger sisters.^[1]

Anne Osite Dugas was born around 1754 in Cobequit, Acadia. Her parents were Pierre Dugas and Marguerite Daigre. ^[2]

Her family was deported directly to France during the "second wave" (1758-1759) of le Grand Dérangement.

French Censuses: ^[3]

• 1759 : Census - St. Malo, France
• 1762 : Census - Plouer, France
• 1772 : Census - St. Malo, France
• 1775 : Census - Chattelerault, France

Her family migrated from Chattelerault to Nantes, France in 1777 (based on her 1754 DOB and listed age).^[4]

She married Charles Hebert on October 06, 1778 in Nantes, France.^[2]

Children:

1. Charles Hebert
2. Anne Hebert
3. Marguerite Sophie Hebert

In September 1784, in Nantes, Anne, Charles and their children appeared on a list of Acadians wishing to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty. Charles died just before the ship left for Louisiana.^[5]

On 14 May 1785, widow Anne Osite Dugas and her 3 young children, age 2 to 5, departed from France on the French ship, la Bergere, chartered by Spain to carry Acadians to settle in Louisiana. The ship arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 August 1785. ^[6]

Anne Osite married Joseph Granger, son of Pierre Granger and Euphrosine Gautrot, widower of Anne Geneviève Babin, on 16 January 1791, at St. Martinville, Louisiana. ^[7]

She died on April 12, 1809 in Prairie Sorel and was buried the next day at Saint Martinville.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Immigration, Louisiana: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 31.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Birth, 1st marriage: Gérard-Marc Braud, Acadiens en France: Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785, (Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999) p. 112 - (Source cited by Karen Theriot Reader at Geneanet.org)

   Born around 1754 at Cobequid, St-Pierre St-Paul parish, Acadie. Married at St-Similien.

3. ↑ Censuses: Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Anne Osite Dugas
4. ↑ Migration to Nantes, France: Archives Note Sent by François Roux in Mar 2011. - (Source cited by Karen Theriot Reader at Geneanet.org)

   On list of 3rd Convoy from Chatellerault to Nantes:

   Pierre DUGAST, age 48, a carpenter;

   Margueritte DAIGLE, age 50;

   Daughters:

   Anne Ozite, 23;

   Marg'tte Blanche, 21;

   Anne Marie, 15;

   Marie Victoire, 12.

5. ↑ Emigration, France: Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 491

   Anne's husband will die before the ships leave for Louisiana. - On list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," found in document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who wanted to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty.

   Charles HEBERT, with wife Anne DUGAS, 1 son, 2 daughters, for a family total of 5.
6. ↑ Immigration, Louisiana: Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 24-25

   Anne Osite DUGAT, widow HÉBERT, age 30 [really 32?], traveling with three children ages 5 to 2 as the 57th family (of 4 persons) aboard "La Bergere" which embarked in France on 14 May 1785 and debarked in Louisiana on 15 Aug 1785, when she received one each of an axe, shovel and meat cleaver; two each of hatchet and hoe.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, reprints by Claitor's of Baton Rouge, 2001)
   • 2nd Marriage: DUGAS, Anne - of St. Pierre & St. Paul in Acadia, wid. of Charles HEBERT (Pierre DUGAT & Marguerite DEGRE [DAIGLE]) m. 16 Jan. 1791 Joseph GRANGE - of Georgentonon, Acadia, wid. Anne Genevieve BABIN (Pierre GRANGER & Euphrosine GAUTRAU) Wits: Jean Baptiste GRANGER, a brother, Olivier LANDRY, Joseph LANDRY, Felix LOPES. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #49)
   • Death: DUGAS, Dosithee wid. of Joseph GRANGER, she was born in Acadia, living at Prairie Sorel, d. 12 April 1809 at her residence, bur. 13 April 1809 at age over 60 yrs. Fr. Etienne VIEL (SM Ch.: v.4, #568)