Marguerite Dupuis (abt. 1750 - abt. 1824)

Born about 1750 in Riviere-aux-Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Fabien Aucoin — married 21 May 1776 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France

Died about 25 Jul 1824 at about age 74 in Assumption, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Fabien Aucoin and his spouse Margueritte Dupuy are on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 8-Left La Bergere. ^[1]

Marguerite Dupuis was born about 1750 in Riviere-aux-Canards, Acadia, daughter of Charles Dupuis and Marie Madeleine Trahan.

Marguerite (~25) married Fabien Aucoin (~29) on 21 May 1776 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France.^[2]

16 May 1763 :Census - Southampton, Hampshire, England Sources: - ^[3] -

On the numbered list of 219 French Neutrals delivered by Edw. NOBLE to Sieur DE LA ROCHETTE at Southampton, England.

175. Madelaine DUPUIS, 21;

[176] Joseph DUPUIS, 18;

[177] Etienne DUPUIS, 16;

[178] Marguerite DUPUIS, 12.

September 1784 :Census - Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France.^[4]

On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

On list from NANTES:

Fabien AUCOIN, with wife Marguerite DUPUIS, for a total of 2 in family.

15 August 1785 :Immigration - New Orleans, Orleans, LA. ^[5]

Marguerite DUPUIS, age 34, wife of Fabien AUCOIN, age 38, traveling with him as the 69th family (of 2 persons) aboard "La Bergere."

1 January 1788 :Census - Lafourche, LA.^[6]

Fabien AUCOIN, 42, 6 arpents, 25 quarts of corn, 2 horned cattle, 12 swine, total of 3 persons;

Margueritte DUPUIS, his wife, 31;

Mathurin AUCOIN, single, 33.

1 January 1789 :Census - Lafourche, LA.^[7]

Fabien AUCOIN, age 43, listed as head of household of 3 persons, with his wife Margrithe DUPUIS, age 42, and an "Engage" named Mathurin AUCOIN, age 33. There are 6 arpents of land, with 29 quarts of corn, 1 head of cattle, 1 horse, and 14 hogs.

Marguerite died about 25 Jul 1824 in Assumption, Louisiana, United States aged ~74.^[8]

Marguerite DUPUIS, age 72 years, widow of Fabien AUCOIN, daughter of Charles, deceased & Marie TRAHANT, buried 25 Jul 1824. (ASM-3, 173).

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 31
2. ↑ Gerard-Marc Braud, FROM NANTES TO LOUISIANA; 1755-1985; Lafayette, LA, La Rainette, 1999; p. 82.

   Fabien AUCOIN married at St. Similien parish, Nantes, France on 21 May 1776 to Marguerite DUPUIS.

3. ↑ Acadians in France, The vol. II - Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder - Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972 - vol. II: Belle Isle en Mer Register & La Rochette Papers; p. 90
4. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 499
5. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 26-27
6. ↑ Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798 - Robichaux, Albert - Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980 - Louisiana census records. - p. 25
7. ↑ Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I - Robichaux, Jr., Albert J. - Polyanthos, 1977 - 1770-1789, German Coast, New Orleans, Below New Orleans and Lafourche. The census dated here 1 Jan 1789 appears to have been taken at least as early as 1 Jan 1788. It is from: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 202. p. 122
8. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 4, 1820-1829 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Diocese, 1983 - p. 194