Marguerite Granger (1740 - 1773)

Born 1 Jan 1740 in Grand Pré, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Granger and Anne Richard

Wife of Charles Dugas — married 1761 in France

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1773 at age 33 in Plouer, Cotes d'Armor, France

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Biography

Marguerite Granger, daughter of Joseph Granger and Anne Richard, was born 1 Jan 1740, baptized 2 Jan 1749. Her godparents were Paul Granger & Magdeleine Daigre; Joseph Granger signed.^[1]

She was listed at age 13 in the 1752 census at Grande Anse, Isle Saint-Jean, in the household of her sister Françoise, headed by her brother-in-law Étienne Melanson.^[2]

She married Charles Dugas around 1761.^[3]

Marguerite died at the "Ville de la Croix Giguel" on 3 Mar 1773, age 35 years; buried next day.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 422): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/422?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), La Roque Census, p. 114, image 258. The original census, in French, can be found at [e.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c4582/427?r=0&s=2 Census Original Version] “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 423-424, Images 427-428

   
   Estienne Melançon, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Françoise Grangerre, native of l'Acadie, aged 24 years. They have one son and two daughters:
   Joseph Melançon, aged 4 years.
   LaBlanche, aged 2 years.
   Elizabeth, aged 4 months.
   Paul Granger, aged 30 years, brother.
   Margueritte, aged 13 years, sister.
   They have in live stock, two oxen, three ewes, two heifers, two calves, and five pigs. 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 six bushels of wheat.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Marguerite Granger citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780 - Stephen A. White - Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version - University of Moncton - p. 493

• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports mtDNA Test Results (Accessed 30 Mar 2024), Kits: tester1 1012632 tester2 406832. EKA: Andree Guyon - Spouse of Charles Bernard. Haplogroup: T2c1d-T152C!.
• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports this diagram depicting matrilineal descent, from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.

DNA Confirmations

• mtDNA Tester John Stephen Parker is a grandchild of Dora Jackson who is an 8x ggd of Andree Guyon through daughter Marie Bernard (abt.1645-abt.1719).
• mtDNA Tester Annette Fagnan Hebert-Autio is a grandchild of Ursule Martin who is a 7x ggd of Andree Guyon through daughter Jeanne Bernard (abt.1646-abt.1683).
• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. John Stephen Parker FTDNA kit # 1012632, (a grandchild of Dora Jackson) and his maternal line cousin Annette Fagnan Hebert-Autio FTDNA kit # 406832, (a grandchild of Ursule Martin) have a Genetic Distance = 1 in HVR2 at C324T, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Andree Guyon the 8x great grandmother of Dora Jackson and the 7x great grandmother of Ursule Martin.

See also:

• From myheritage.com
• Birth: Title: Abstracts of the Registers of St Charles Aux Mines Parish in Acadia 1707-1748: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records