Elisabeth Dugas, daughter of Pierre Dugas and Elisabeth Boug was born about 1739 in Cobeguit, Acadie. [1]She accompanied her family to France when they were forced into exile by the British. Elisabeth and Alselme Pitre married 14 Feb 1763 in St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [2] Elisabeth died following childbirth in April 1776 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. She was buried in St-Jacques parish cemetery in Nantes on 28 Apr 1776. [3]
Text: Buried at St-Jacques parish, age 37 years, following childbirth.
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Source: N&P Title: Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; Publication: Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019
Title: Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Vol 1; copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 637
Title: The Acadian Exiles in Nantes, 1775 – 1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Author, 1978; copy in possession of Girouard-4019
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