Joseph Dupuis (abt. 1751 - abt. 1803)

Born about 1751 in Port Royal, Acadie

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Poirier — married 7 Feb 1774 in St. James Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died about 5 Dec 1803 at about age 52 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, USA

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Biography

ANNE GAUDET, veuve de MICHEL DUPUIS, is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 3 Left. Listed with her are her children Marie and Monique, and her nephew Joseph Dupuis. ^[1]

Joseph Dupuis, son of Justinien Dupuis and Anne Girouard was born c.1751 at Port Royal, Acadie.^[2] Evidently, his parents both died c.1758-1763 in the "second wave" of le grand dérangement; Joseph immigrated to Louisiana as a boy living with the widow of his late paternal uncle. They came to Louisiana after the 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War and the imprisonment of Acadians. In 1765 Anne Gaudet, age 41, widow of Michel Dupuis, along with two daughters and her nephew, Joseph Dupuis, came to the colony with the Beausoleil party from Halifax, and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the Mississippi River above New Orleans.^[3]

Joseph, age about 18, was counted in the September 14, 1769 census of St. Jacques de Cabannocé, in the household of his late father's sister, Anne Gaudet, and her husband, Olivier Boudrot. The household included the following persons: Anne, age 45; Olivier Boudrot, 43; Simon Boudrot, her stepson, 14 years old; Marie Dupuis, her daughter by a previous marriage, 17 years; Monique Dupuis, another daughter by a previous marriage, 14 years old; and Joseph Dupuis, a nephew [of her first husband, Michel Dupuis].^[4] Joseph Dupuy, 18, Acadian, was counted in the Louisiana Militia on January 23, 1770 in Cabannocé. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Marie Poirier in St. James (also called the Acadian Coast), Louisiana in 1774.^[5]

Known children of the marriage:

1. Marie Genevieve Depuis (c.1775-1803)^[6]
2. Marie Monique Dupuis (c.1776)
3. Pierre Dupuis (1778)
4. Celeste Dupuis (1780)
5. Rosalie Ulalie Dupuis (1781-1824))^[7][8]
6. Michel Dupuis (1791)

He was counted in the St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, age 24[sic], with wife Marie age 21, and daughters Marie age 2 and Monique age 5 months. ^{[citation needed]} In the St.-Jacques census of 1779 he was called Joseph DUPUIS, with 5 whites, 0 slaves, 4 qts. rice, 15 qts. corn. ^{[citation needed]} In JUDICE's Company, Acadian Coast Militia, Aug 1779, he was called Joseph DUPUIS, fusilier. ^{[citation needed]}

He died in St. Martin, Louisiana in 1803.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee, Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, eds., (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 16.
2. ↑ Baptism: "An Acadian Parish Remembered, The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," http://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp Baptismal Registration, Register: RG 1 Vol. 26a p. 449 

   Name: Joseph Dupuis; Father: Justinien Dupuis; Mother: Anne Giroir; Godparents: Pierre Dupuis and Isabelle Dupuis; Priest: Desenclaves; Registration Date: 9 January 1752 

3. ↑ In 1766 Cabanoce census: on left [east] bank, called Joseph DUPUY, age 15, with widowed aunt Anne GAUDET, & cousins Marie & Monique DUPUY.
4. ↑ Ensemble Encore, "Life Lines," Acadian Memorial Foundation Database of Acadian Immigrants to Louisiana (Internet Entry for Anne Dupuis
5. ↑ Marriage: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge) p.__.

   Joseph DUPUY, son of Justinien & Anne GIRUAR, Acadians, married on 7 Feb 1774 to Marie POIREÉ , daughter of Abraham & Maria Josephe BOURG. (SJA-1, 44a).

6. ↑ Child: full citation needed. bt. 1775, St. James on the Mississippi; m. 6 May 1799 Francois Xavier Theriaut (Thomas & Marie Agnes Daigle) (SJA Ch.); bur. 30 Nov 1803 at age 25 yrs (SM Ch.)
7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 417;

   Rosalie Ulalie Dupuis baptized in 1781. Sponsors: Simon GOTERAUX & Catherine LeBLANC. (SJA-1, 51a).

8. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
   • Rosalie Ulalie Dupuis of St. James on the River m. 17 Feb. 1806 Joseph TERRIOT - of St. James parish on the River (major son of Thomas & Agnes DEGLE) Wits: Louis GARRY, Hyacinthe JACQUET. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #52);
   • died 18 Oct. 1824 at age about 42 yrs. at her home on Bayou Teche; buried 19 Oct. 1824 in the parish cemetery. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v .4, #1670)
9. ↑ Death, burial: Hébert, SWLR CD:

   DUPUIS, Joseph of Acadia (Justinien DUPUY of Acadia) m. to Marie Poirier bur. 5 Dec 1803 at age 50 yrs (SM Ch. v.4 #327)