Ambroise Dugas (abt. 1729 - abt. 1760)

Born about 1729 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Henry — married about 1750 in Acadie

Descendants

Died about 23 Oct 1760 at about age 31 in Saint-Suliac, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Ambroise Dugas was born around 1729 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. His parents were Joseph Dugas and Anne Marie Hebert.

He married Marguerite Henry around 1750 in Acadie. ^[1]

Children: ^[2]

1. Ambroise DUGAS 1751-1816
2. Marguerite Josephe DUGAS ca 1753-
3. Francoise DUGAS ca 1755-
4. Joseph DUGAS ca 1757-ca 1759

They were on the 1752 La Roque census at Grande Ascension, Isle Saint-Jean. ^[3]

They were deported from Isle Saint-Jean in 1758 and disembarked at Saint-Malo from one of the five ships. ^{[1] [4]}

He passed away in October 1760 and was buried on 23 October 1760 in St. Suliac, Bretagne, (present-day Ille-et-Vilaine), France. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo: 1758-1785. vol. 1, pt. 1, (Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981) p. 287, family #353

   Ambroise DUGAST, born about 1728, a ploughman, married about 1750 to Marguerite HENRY (no parents given for either); four children listed. In 1752 He and wife and son were residents of Grande-Ascension on Isle St. Jean. On 23 Jan 1759 he and wife and two sons disembarked at St. Malo from one of the "Five ships." They resided at St. Suliac from 1759-1760. His wife died on 6 Mar 1759, and he died at the age of 32 years; buried on 23 Oct 1760 at St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Their son Ambroise went to live with Alexis DUGAST [his uncle].

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Ambroise Dugas citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) p. 646 No place given for birth. - Born around 1729.
3. ↑ 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. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 435, Image 439

   François Henry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 36 years, he has been in the country 13 months. Married to Marie Dugast, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years.

   They have two sons and three daughters:-

   Basille Henry, aged 11 years.

   Joseph, aged 9 years.

   Margueritte Joseph, aged 7 years.

   Elizabeth, aged 4 years.

   Victoire, aged 18 months.

   And in stock, three oxen, two cows, four heifers, three ewes, one sow, three pigs, and ten fowls. 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 the sowing of two bushels on wheat in the coming spring.

4. ↑ "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 186, accessed 9 Nov 2023

   DUGAST Ambroise, 30 years,

   HENRY Marguerite, 29, died at hospital on 6 March 1759

   DUGAST Ambroise, 7, son

   DUGAST Joseph, 15 months, son, died on 1 February 1759

   DUGAST Marguerite Josèphe, 5, daughter, died at sea

   DUGAST Françoise, 3, daughter, died at sea

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 July 2022), memorial page for Ambroise Dugas (1728–23 Oct 1760), Find a Grave Memorial ID 144503393, citing Saint Suliac Parish Cemetery, Saint-Suliac, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France ; Maintained by AW (contributor 47829810) . Find A Grave: Memorial #144503393