Agnès Dugas (abt. 1741 - 1764)

Born about 1741 in Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Beloni Blanchard — married 7 Feb 1764 in Saint-Suliac, Bretagne, France

Died 20 Aug 1764 at about age 23 in Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Agnès was born about 1741. She was the daughter of Pierre Dugas and Elisabeth Bourg. ^[1]

She was listed on the 1752 La Roque census in Anse-à-Pinet, Isle Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island) as "Ainesse" age 11.^[2]

"The Acadian's hope of living peacefully on Isle Saint-Jean was soon shattered. In the summer of 1758, the fortress of Louisbourg on Isle Royale was attacked by British troops. The French capitulated thereby forfeiting Isle Saint-Jean as well. Soldiers were sent to the Island with orders to deport the inhabitants to France. Some 3000 Islanders were successfully rounded up and crowded on ships that set sail for Europe later in the fall. For the Acadians, it was disaster.1500 of them managed to escape deportation by fleeing to the Bay of Chaleurs region and to Quebec where many died of sickness and hunger. Of those deported to France, more that half drowned or died by disease and illness during the voyage and many others died in the months following their arrival in France."^[3]

The family did not escape deportation. They were among the 60 Acadians who were put aboard the ship Tamerlan and disembarked at Saint-Malo in Bretagne on January 16, 1759. ^[4] A child with the surname Haché, listed with the family, was born and died during the crossing to Europe. Her mother Elisabeth died one month after arrival in France.

She married Benoni Blanchard on 7 February 1764, in St. Suliac, Bretagne (now Ille-et-Vilaine department), France. ^[1]

She passed away on 20 August 1764 at the Hotel-Dieu hospital in Saint-Malo and was buried the same day. ^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Albert Robichaux, Jr., THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO; 1758-1785; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981, Part I, Vol. I; p. 304, family #368 On p. 63, family #79, she married on 7 Feb 1764 at St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Benony BLANCHARD, son of Joseph & Anne DUPUIS; unnamed son born, died on 18 Aug 1764 at Hotel Dieu of St. Malo. Agnes died on 20 Aug 1764 at same hospital, buried same day in St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 124, image 278. 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. 463 Image 467

   Pierre Dugas, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 43 years, he has been on the island one year. Married to Elizabeth Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.

   They have three sons and five daughters:-

   Jean Dugas, aged 16 years.

   Pierre, aged 6 years.

   Prosper, aged 1 year.

   Marie, aged 18 years.

   Marie Joseph, aged 15 years.

   Elizabeth, aged 13 years.

   Ainesse, aged 11 years.

   Ozitte, aged 10 years.

   [no live stock listed] The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of Ance à Pinet. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of two bushels of wheat in the coming spring.

3. ↑ Arsenault, Georges, "The Acadians Of Prince Edward Island." [online] Acadian Home. Available at: http://www.acadian-home.org/Georges-Arsenault-pen.html Accessed 4 June 2020.
4. ↑ Ship at St-Malo Roll of the Tamerlan, disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 16, 1759. Accessed August 2022

   Family # 6
   

   DUGAS Pierre, de l'Isle Saint Jean, 50 ans (laboureur et charpentier)

   BOURG Isabelle, 47 ans, femme (tisseranne sait filer et brocher)

   DUGAS Marguerite Josèphe, 21 ans, fille (tisseranne sait filer et brocher)

   DUGAS Isabelle, 19 ans, fille (sait un peu travailler)

   DUGAS Agnès, 17 ans, fille

   DUGAS Pierre, 12 ans, fils

   DUGAS Prosper, 7 ans, fils

   DUGAS Remy, 3 ans, fils
   

   HACHET N. , enfant né et + en mer.

5. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35288 737 > SAINT-MALO > 1764 > Sépultures > COMMUNE, image 21 of 31 Agnes Dugas Burial

See also:

• Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Agnes Dugas citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) BLANCHARD #11 j