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Pierre Dugas (abt. 1732 - 1813)

Pierre Dugas aka Dugast, Dugat
Born about in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married about 1752 in Isle Saint-Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
Husband of — married 21 Jun 1768 in Saint-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Francemap
Husband of — married 3 Aug 1779 in Chantenay, Francemap
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Father of , , , and
Died at about age 81 in Assumption, Louisiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

PIERRE DUGAT is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 8 Right, Le Saint Remi. Listed with him is his third wife Rosalie Le Blanc and 2 children Rose and Anne Perinne. [1]

Pierre Dugas was born around 1732 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. His parents were Joseph Dugas and Anne Hebert. [2] He lived an eventful life in 4 countries: Acadie, England, France, Spanish Louisiana and finally the United States after Louisiana gained statehood. He had a relatively long life for the times, married 3 times and established a homestead three different times in three different countries.

He married Anne Josèphe Henry around 1752 on Ile Saint-Jean. [3][2]

Their children were:

  1. Anne Josephe DUGAS ca 1754-
  2. Marie Rose DUGAS ca 1756-

We first learn of Pierre from the census of 1752 taken by Sieur de La Roque. He is Pierre DUGAST, age 20, living at Grande-Ascension, Ile Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island) with wife Joseph [sic] HEBERT [sic, HENRY], age 21 years, who has been in the country 13 months. [4]

The Joseph Dugas family was deported from Acadie by the British in 1758 aboard one of five ships that left the island, bound for France. [5] They disembarked at St. Malo on 23 January 1759. Their young daughters Anne-Josèphe and Marie-Rose died at sea during the crossing. Jean-Pierre, age 5, also died at sea, but reliable family trees do not list him as a child of this couple. [2]

Pierre married Cécile Moyse on 21 June 1768, St. Suliac, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, to Cecile MOYSE ca 1724-1776.[6]

"Pierre DUGAST, born about 1732, son of Joseph, married 1st about 1754 to Anne-Josephe HENRY. He was a carpenter. He married 2nd on 21 Jun 1768 at St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Cecile MOYSE, widow of Michel BOURG. With Cecile and family of 3 persons he left in the Fourth Convoy from Chatellerault for Nantes between 6 Mar and 13 Mar 1776. Cecile was buried 14 Dec 1776 at Nantes, France. Their children were:
  1. Marie Rose DUGAS 1760-1761
  2. Joseph DUGAS 1762-
  3. Marie Madeleine DUGAS 1764-1764

Pierre married 3rd on 3 Aug 1779 at St. Martin Church of Chantenay [now part of Nantes] to Rose LEBLANC, daughter of Jacques & Marguerite LABAUVE; two daughters listed. With Rose and two daughters he constituted family #2 aboard the "St. Remi" departing France 20 Jun 1785 and arriving in Louisiana on 9 Sep 1785."

He married Rosalie LeBlanc on August 03, 1779 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France. [7]

  1. Rose DUGAS 1782-
  2. Anne Perrine DUGAS 1785-/1788
  3. Anne Marguerite DUGAS 1787-/1828

Conditions weren't hospitable in France for subsistence farming so Pierre and his family accepted the opportunity presented by the Spanish government to go by ship to Louisiana with a promise of land and supplies. Pierre Dugas, 51, carpenter; his wife Rose LeBlanc, 40; and their daughters Rose LeBlanc, 3 and Anne Perinne LeBlanc à la mamelle, made the trip aboard the French ship Le Saint Remi commissioned by Spain and arrived at the Port of New Orleans on 9 September, 1785.[8][9]

Pierre Dugats, 55, Rose Le Blanc, his wife, 42, Rose, his daughter, 5 and 2 daughters Rose, 5 and Margueritte, 3 are settled on the Left Bank of the Lafourche Bayou in 1788. He has 6 arpents of land, 50 quarts of corn, 1 cow and 6 hogs. No slaves. Pierre's sister Anne Dugats, 39 married to Joseph Ignace Hebert is in the household right before his.[10]

He died in October 1813 in Assumption, Louisiana, United States and was buried the the parish cemetery on 6 October 1813.[11]

Pedro [DUGAS], age 79 years, 6 months [sic], of Sts. Peter and Paul parish in Acadia [Cobequit], married to Rosalia LeBLANC, son of Josef & Maria HEBERT of Acadia, buried on 6 Oct 1813 at Assumption Catholic Church, Louisiana. (ASM-3, 78)

Sources

  1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 34.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Les Acadiens en France--Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785"; Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; p. 111
    Married 1st around 1753 to Anne-Josèphe HENRY; six children listed.
    Married Rosalie Le Blanc at St-Martin.
  3. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org, updated: 2019; Accessed on June 2020; citing "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1714 à 1780", Moncton, NB : Centre d’Etudes Acadiennes, draft version; p. 646 & 1246
  4. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 117, image 264.
    Pierre Dugast, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 20 years, he has been in the country 13 months. Married to Joseph Hebert, [name as in original] native of l'Acadie, aged 21 years.
    In live stock they have only two cows.
    The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for a garden
  5. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 187, accessed 16 Sp 2023
    Family #76
    DUGAST Pierre, 26 ans, fils de Joseph
    HENRY Anne Josèphe, 27 ans, femme
    DUGAST Jean Pierre, 5 ans, fils, + en mer
    DUGAST Anne Josèphe, 4 ans, fille, + en mer
    DUGAST Marie Rose, 2 ans, fille, + en mer
  6. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES; 1775-1785; Harvey, LA, 1978; p. 64, family #118.
  7. ↑ From Nantes to Louisiana - Braud, Gérard-Marc - Lafayette, LA: La Rainette, 1999 - In 1785, 1,600 Acadians leave the old continent, their destination New Orleans. - p. 82
    Pierre DUGAST married on 3 Aug 1779 at St. Martin of Chantenay to Rose LE BLANC.
  8. ↑ Donald Joseph Hebert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 42-43
  9. ↑ The 7 Ships Passenger Lists (Note: also has scans of actual ship manifests); Published by Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History; Internet; Seven Spanish Ships
  10. ↑ "Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche", 1770-1798; Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.; Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; p. 45
  11. ↑ "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records"; Catholic Church; Vol 3, 1804-1819; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; p. 291
See Also
  • Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org, updated: 2019; Pierre Dugas




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