Person:Marguerite Dubois (1)

Marguerite Angele Dubois
d.Jun 1817 , Assumption, LA
m. Abt 1786
Facts and Events
Name Marguerite Angele Dubois
Alt Name Margarita Angel, Margarita Angela, Marguerite Anna, DeBUOIX, DUPUIS Marguerite Ange
Gender Female
Birth? 25 Dec 1755 Petitcoudiac, , New Brunswick, Canada
Immigration[2] 19 Aug 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Marriage Abt 1786 , , LAto Charles Benoit Granger
Census[3] 1803 Grande Prairie, Attakapas, LA
Death? Jun 1817 , Assumption, LA
Burial[1] 17 Jun 1817 Plattenville, Assumption, LA

!BIRTH-NAME-PARENTS-RESIDENCES: "Michel Family of Pisiguit, Acadia," in ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE; ; vol. XXVII, no. 1 (Jan 1998); p. 17; own copy. Marguerite Angell DUBOIS, born at Petitcoudiac on the Petcodiac River on Christmas 1755, daughter of Joseph DUBOIS & Anne MICHEL. She was with her parents at St. Malo in Brittany, France on 1 Jul 1768.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILD-RESIDENCES: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO; 1758-1785; vol. 1, pt. 1, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 242, family #295 & p. 283, family #346; own copy. Marguerite-Ange DUBOIS, born about 1757, daughter of Joseph & Anne MICHEL, married on 9 Jan 1770 at St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Jean DAIGLE (see family #295).

    Also: Marguerite ANGE-DUBOIS [sic], born about 1754 [sic], daughter of Joseph ANGE-DUBOIS [sic] & Anne MICHEL (see family #346); one son.
References
  1. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982)
    p. 279.

    Marguerite Ange [DUBOIS], age 60 years, widow of Marin GAUDREAUX, buried 17 Jun 1817 (ASM-3, 125).

  2. Donald J. Hébert. Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995)
    pp. 38-39.

    Marguerite Ange DUBOIS, age 29, widow of Jean DAIGLE, travelling with her son Jean Louis DAIGLE, age 10, as 34th family (of 2 persons) aboard "Le Beaumont" which embarked in France on 11 Jun 1785 and deparked at Louisiana on 19 Aug 1785. She is not listed with her son on debarkation, but a note says that she stayed behind in the hospital [aboard ship? Her mother with her 4th husband and his children were also aboard, as the 1st family.]

  3. Attakapas Gazette
    vol. XIV, no. 4 (winter 1979), p. 179.

    Household #20: Charles GRANGE, age 26 [sic], with 5 arpents of land, 50 head of cattle, 8 horses;
    Ve [widow] GRANGE, age 50, with 40 head of cattle, 15 horses.