Family:Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet (1)

The DUGAS's of Louisiana can most likely trace their ancestory back toAbraham Dugasborn in 1616 at Toulouse, France. He arrived at PortRoyal, Acadia, in 1640 as a lieutenant-general. He married in 1647Marguerite Louise Doucet, daughter of Germain Doucet. She was born in1634 at Port Royal.

The line of ancestory to Louisiana goes through Claude II, son ofAbraham and Marguerite. He was born in 1652 at Port Royal, married in1673 to Marie Francoise Bourgeois. Claude II married a second time toMarguerite Bourg. One of their sons, Charles, was born in 1709.

Charles married Anne Robichaud of Acadia. It was their sons, Charles,Jean, and Pierre, who were the earliest members of that clan to settlein the Teche country of the Attakapas producing the main stronghold ofthe Dugas clan in Louisiana. However, Claude II did have children withhis first wife Marie Francoise. This line of ancestory is the subjectof interest here.

Claude III, son of Claude II and Marie, was born in 1676, at PortRoyal. He married Jeanne Bourg in 1702 at Cobequid, Acadia. She isdaughter of Bernard Bourg and Francoise Brun.

From this union was born Claude IV in 1704 at Cobequid. He married in1725 to Marguerite Coste, daughter of Francois Coste and MadeleineMartin.

Pierre, son of Claude IV and Marguerite, was born at Cobequid in 1728.He married Marguerite Daigle in 1752. Two of his children wereMarguerite and Marie. Pierre died in 1787.

Somehow, with countless other Acadians during the Expulsion, thisbranch of the Dugas's also found themselves in Louisiana. Though notpart of the main stronghold from the three Dugas brothers, they werepart of the same family dating back to Acadia.

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Abraham Dugas and Marguerite-Louise Doucet had at least 8children.They were: Maire, Martin, Marguerite, Anne-Marie, Madeleine,Claude, Anne, and Abraham Jr.

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 526.

   Marguerite married around 1647 to Abraham DUGAS.

2.   Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Acadian Census Records - 1671. (Name: © 1998-2001 Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; Acadian & French CanadianAncestral Home http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6106/frames.html;)
   [at Port Royal]: Habrahan DUGAST, gunsmith, 55, wife Marie JudithDOUCET 46; Children: Claude 19, Martin 15, Abraham 10, Marie 23, Anne17, Margueritte 14, Magdeleine 7, Marie 5; cattle 19, sheep 3.

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3.   Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Acadian Census Records - 1678. (Name: © 1998-2001 Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home ;)
   [at Port Royal]: Abraham Dugast and Marguerite Doucet 12 acres - 20 cattle - 1 gun 1 boy......18........1660 2 girls....15........1663 ...........12........1666.

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4.   Acadian Census Records - 1686. (Name: early 1686 On-line: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6106/frames.html;)
   [at Port Royal]: Abraham DUGAS 70, Marguerite DOUCET 50.

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5.   Jean-Yves Charland. Descendants of Claude Charland dit Francoeur. (Name: Main Page: http://www.my-ged.com/charland/ Online database: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/charland Surnames list: http://www.my-ged.com/db/surnames/charland/A;)
   [location & year].

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6.   Robert St-Gelais. St Gelais Families of North America.. (Name: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bobstg Entries: 97140 Updated: Mon Jan 7 08:34:01 2002 Contact: Robert St-Gelais <BOBSTG@AOL.COM> ;)
   Marriage 1 MARGUERITE-LOUISE DOUCET b: AFT 1633 in Port Royal, Acadie,(Annapolis, Nova Scotia) Married: ABT 1647 in Port Royal, Acadie, (Annapolis, NovaScotia).

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7.   Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Volume: I A-G; IIH-Z. (Name: Centre D'études Acadiennes - Universitâe de Moncton, Moncton (N.-B.),EiA 3E9, 1999;)
   pg. 526, 562.
8.   Deborah Savoie Giulinis. All That I Am I Owe to My Mothers and Fathers. (Name: Database at RootsWeb WorldConnect http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=giulinis Entries: 14052 Updated: Thu Apr 4 15:45:14 2002 Contact: Deborah Savoie Giulini <giulinis@fastwebnet.it> Home Page: Our French Canadian and Acadian Ancest;)
   [location & year] * abt 1647.
9.   Bonaventure Arsenault. Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775. (Name: Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965;)
   volume 2, Port-Royal, page 524 * 1647.
10.   Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens (345425)
    vol. 2, p. 524.
11. ↑ Arsenault, Bona. Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens . (Quebec: Editions Lemiac, Inc. (6 vols), 1978)
    vol. 2, p. 524.