Marie Grossin (abt. 1737 - abt. 1809)

Born about 1737 in Isle Saint Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Dugas — married 9 Feb 1768 in Saint Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Died about 12 Jul 1809 at about age 72 in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Dugast is on the wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 6-Right. Listed with him is his spouse Marie Grossin, a child Marie Dugast and Marie Hache.^[1]

Marie Grossin was born in 1737 in Isle Saint Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Her parents were Michel Grossin (~1705 - ~1758) and Marie Caissie (~1707 - >1772).^[2]

She was listed with her family, at 16 years of age, at Saint-Pierre-du-Nord, Isle Saint-Jean, on the 1752 La Roque census. ^[3]

The family was deported from Isle Saint-Jean to France in 1758. Her father Michel died at sea during the crossing. Her widowed mother disembarked in Saint-Malo with her 7 children on 23 January 1759. Children Jacques age 20 and Françoise age 9 died 3 months later. ^[4]

Marie married Jean Baptiste Dugas (~1737 - >1785) on 9 Feb 1768 in Saint Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.^[5]

Known children: ^[6]

1. Marie Jeanne DUGAS 1768-1773
2. Victoire Marie DUGAS 1770-1772
3. Jean Gregoire Baptiste DUGAS 1772-1781
4. Marie Josephe DUGAS 1774-1825
5. Etienne DUGAS 1775-1778

29 July 1785 : Immigration - New Orleans, Orleans, LA.^[7]

Marie CLOSSINET [CLAUSINET on French embarkation, CLOSINET on Spanish debarkation list], age 43, wife of Jean Baptiste DUGAT, age 49, traveling with him and his daughter, Marie DUGAT, age 11, plus Marie HACHÉ, a ward [orphan on Spanish list], age 18.

On the passenger list of le Bon Papa, her husband was listed as age 49, and his wife, here listed as Marie Clossinet, was age 43. The two unnamed girls with them are listed as their daughters.^[8] The ship sailed from Nantes, France on May 10 and arrived at the port of New Orleans about two months later, on July 29,1785.

Marie died on 12 July 1809 in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 27
2. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud, Acadiens en France: Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785, (Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999) p. 106

   Born around 1738, daughter of Michel GROSSIN & Marie CAISSY.

3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 144/image 318. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 538-539/Images 543-544

   Michel Grossin, fisherman and ploughman, native of Carolle, bishopric of Avranche, aged 47 years, he has been in the country 25 years. Married to Marie Caissy, native of l'Acadie, aged 44 years. They have nine children, three sons and six daughters:-
   Jacques Grossin, aged 13 years.
   Louis, aged 10 years.
   Michel, aged 6 years.
   Marie Louise, aged 18 years.
   Marie, aged 16 years.
   Henriette, aged 7 years.
   Brigitte, aged 4 years.
   François, aged 3 years.
   Marie Magdelaine, aged 6 months.
   They have in stock two oxen, one cow, one calf, ten wethers, two pigs, and six fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated to the south of the ponds of Saint-Pierre. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of thirty-two bushels, one part of which they have sown with eight bushels.

4. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 191, accessed September 2023

   GROSSIN Michel, plowman, died at sea

   QUESSI Marie, 51, wife, lives at rue des Cochons in Paramé

   GROSSIN Marie, 21, daughter

   GROSSIN Jacques, 20, son, died at Paramé 4 April 1759

   GROSSIN Henriette, 18, daughter

   GROSSIN Michel, 14, son

   GROSSIN Brigite, 12, daughter

   GROSSIN Françoise, 9, died at Paramé 7 April 1759

   GROSSIN Modeste, 5, daughter

5. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 106
6. ↑ Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Marie Grossin
7. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 6-7
8. ↑ Gerard-Marc Braud, From Nantes to Louisiana, (Lafayette, LA: La Rainette, 1999) p. 94.
9. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982 - p. 284 - [Listed under DUGAS], spouse of Juan Bautista DUGAS, born Marie GROS SAINST, age 70 years, native of St. John Island, buried 12 Jul 1809 (SJO-4, 47).