Simon Dugas (abt. 1748 - 1829)

Born about 1748 in Cobequit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Genevieve Bourg — married 11 Jun 1787 in Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1829 at about age 81 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Paul Dugast is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 7 Right, La Bergere. Listed with him are two children Simon and Anne. ^[1]

Immigration: 15 Aug 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA: Paul DUGAT, carpenter age 75, listed with a son and daughter as head of 62nd family (of 3 persons) aboard "La Bergere."

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 31.

Title: U.S. federal census [online] Page: p. 34 [22 crossed out] Note: Ancestry.com, image 9/11. Text: Simon DUGA: Free White Males Free White Female s Others Slaves 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 [Simon is around age 62, his wife Marie Genevieve BOURG is 45. Their sons are: Magloire, age 21; Jean Baptiste, age 19; Paul, age 18 (not 10-15). Their daughters are: Marie/Marie Rose , age 16; Anne Marie, 15; Marie Marguerite, 10; Pelagie Genevieve, 8; and Henriette, age 6 .

• Acadians in Gray Passenger Lists.

Text: Paul DUGAT, carpenter age 75, listed with a son (Simon, age 37 and daughter Anne, age 19) as head of 62nd family of 3 persons aboard "La Bergere."

Text: Simon, carpenter; son of Paul DUGAS; probably unmarried; appointed 1 of the 5 leaders of La Bergère expedition.

• Title Albert Robichaux, Jr., THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT -MALO; 1758-1785; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981, Part I, Vol. I; p. 301, family # 367; contains Family Genealogies A-G. Marguerite-[sic]Marie BOUDROT, born about 1712 (no parents listed), married about 1737 to Paul DUGAST; seven children are listed. She and her husband and five children disembarked at St. Malo on 23 Jan 1759 from one of the "Five ships." She died 13 Feb 1759 [three weeks later] at the hospital in St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine [France] at the age of 47 years.

• Title: Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge; Publication: Diocese, 1999. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. pp. 66 & 90

Text: Paul DUGAS, age ca. 25 of Cobedie, son of Joseph DUGAS & Claire BOURG, married 17 Jun 1734 to Anne Marie HÉBERT [sic, should be BOUDROT], age ca. 23 (parents not given). Witnesses: Joseph DUGAS; Augustin HÉBERT; Charles BABIN [signed]; Olivier DUGAS; François LeBLANC [signed] ; G. T. [signed, priest writes Germain TERIOT]; bride & groom made X (SGA-2, 200).

• Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version. p. 665 Note: cited by others not verified Girouard-4019 17:38, 20 February 2015 (EST)

Text: Witnesses: Charles BABIN; François LE BLANC; Joseph DUGAS; Olivier DUGAS; Augustin HÉBERT; Germain THÉRIOT. (Register Grand-Pré). He was listed as "laboureur".

• Diocese of Baton Rouge (2014-06-08). Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: Vol. 4 1820-1829 (p. 183). Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. Kindle Edition.

Simon, age ca. 80 yrs. of Acadia, husband of Genevieve Bourque, bur. 9 July 1829 (ASM-3, 211)

See Also:

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~louviere/p289.htm