Person:Marie Dugas (12)

!BIRTH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 2476 (Louisiana); own copy. Marie, born 1764, daughter of Joseph DUGAS & Anastasie HENRY. [No further entry.]

!PARENTS-BIRTH-CHRISTENING-NAME: Albert Robichaux, Jr., THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO; 1758-1785; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981, Part I, Vol. I; p. 299; own copy; contains Family Genealogies A-G. Marie DUGAST, born 21 Mar 1764, daughter of Joseph & Anastasie HENRY, his 1st wife. She was baptized the same day at St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine [France]. Baptismal sponsors: Alexis DUGAST & Cecile MOYSE.

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 28, 56, 138 & 159; own copy; Louisiana census records.

    Also: Marie DUGA, age 27, wife of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, 25, living with him and two children on the 1791 census of Lafourche des Chetimachas.
    Also: Maria DUGAT, age 32, living with Juan Bautista D'AIGLE, 30, and four children on the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela.
    Also: Marie DUGATS, age 33, wife of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, 31, living with him and four children on the 1797 census of Valenzuela in Lafourche.
    Also: Marie, age 34, wife of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, living with him and five children on the 1798 census of Lafourche.

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., LOUISIANA CENSUS AND MILITIA LISTS; 1770-1789; vol. 1, Harvey, LA, Author, 1973; p. 124; Salt Lake City Family History Library 976.3 x1pr v.1; microfiche #6088510. Marie DUGATS, age 24, wife of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, age 23, living with him and daughter Marie, age 2 on the 1789 census of Lafourche, LA.

!CENSUS: Robert L. Ardoin, LOUISIANA CENSUS RECORDS; 1810; vol. III; p. 25; Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library, LOUIS.3c. Under ["County of the Fourche"] Assumption Parish, LA: Widow "Ve." of Jno. Bte. Daigle. In household are 1 male under 10; 2 10/15; 1 16/25. Also 1 female under 10; 1 10/15; 1 16/25; and 1 26/44. She was a widow under 45 [actually 46?] with 7 children at home. Living next door to Eusebe ARSENEAU (spelled "Useb? Arcenau" in transcription).

1. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982)
   p. 290.

   Maria [DUGAS], age 50 years, of St. Suliac Parish [France], daughter of Joseph & Anastasia HENRY, deceased, was buried 15 Nov 1813 at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-3, 85).

2. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995)
   pp. 42-43.

   Marie DUGAT, age 21, daughter of Joseph who is head of 6th family (of 11 persons) aboard the ship "Le Saint Rémi," embarked for Louisiana on 27 Jun 1785, debarked 10 [9?] Sep 1785. She traveled with her father, stepmother, and 8 siblings. [The 13th family of 1 is probably her future husband Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, age 20, a seaman.]

3. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
   p. 28.

   Marie DUGATS, age 23, wife of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, 22, living with him and their daughter Marie, age 1, in a household of 3 on the 1788 census of Lafourche [LA]. They have 6 arpents of land, 16 quarts of rice and 1 swine. Recorded in PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 201.

4. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M252, Roll 10, p. 25 (14).

   Line [13], V've Jn'e B'te DAIGLE:
   Free White Males Free White Females Other Slaves
   0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
   1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
   [Marie DUGAS, widow of Jean Baptiste Alexandre DAIGRE, is age 46 (not 26-44), with four sons and three daughters at home. Sons are: Jean Baptiste, age 21; Jean Pierre, age almost 14; Joseph, 11; and Alexandre, 6. The daughters are: Anne, 19; Marie Francoise, 16; and Marguerite, 9.]

   Next door is Useb ARCENAU, whose daughter Marie Modeste is Jean Pierre DAIGLE's future bride.