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Acadian Expulsion


Starting in 1755, about 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their colonies. The British military ordered the Acadians' communities to be destroyed and homes and barns were burned down. The people were dispersed among the 13 American colonies, but many refused them and sent them on to Europe. Families were torn apart and many lost everything they owned.

As a result of the deportation and the subsequent migrations, the Acadians ended up in the New England States and all along the eastern seaboard, as far south as Georgia. Many were put in jail, and many died at sea. Others ran away to Quebec, hid with the Mi'kmaqs in Nova Scotia, or went to present-day New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island.

Source:www.cbc.ca/ acadian/ timeline.html

Approximately 6,000 Acadians were deported from mainland Nova Scotia in 1755 and several hundred more after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758. If they were not demolished or burned by British troops, churches and chapels gradually disappeared from the landscape,. In some cases, accidental discoveries or archaeological digs have revealed the location of former parish cemeteries. Saint-Charles-des-Mines cemetery, for example, is located in Grand-Pré National Historic Site, although the exact dimensions are still not known. In the year 2000, when excavation work was being done for a housing development in Falmouth (formerly Pisiquid), several graves belonging to the old Sainte-Famille parish cemetery were unearthed by chance.

Of that 6,000+, approximately 1,500 were deported to Virginia, 450 were deported to Pennsylvania, 2,000 were sent to Massachusetts, 1,027 bound for South Carolina (some stayed in Boston), 900 were sent to Connecticut, 250 to Maryland and 450 to Georgia.
There is no proof that the Acadians who lived in Port-Royal, Grand-Pré or elsewhere, used stone monuments to mark their graves. The same is true with regard to the thousands of French men and women who inhabited the fortress town of Louisbourg on Isle Royale (known today as Cape Breton Island) in the 18th century. A 1686 map of Port-Royal provides the only known visual representation of a 17th century Acadian church and cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence which served to keep animals out and to delineate the sacred ground. Inside the fence, one can see seven small wooden crosses and a central cross mounted on a base of stones. Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses.

Source: http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-333/Acadian_Cemeteries_in_Nova_Scotia.html#1

These ancestors were likely a part of the Grand Derangement which took place in 1755. NOTE: This is not a complete list. As we find more, we will continue to add them.

Acadian Surnames at the Time of Deportation, 1755:


Allain, Allard, Amirau, Arostegny, Arsenault, Aubin, Aucoin, Babin, Babineau, Baguette, Baptiste, Barrios, Barnabe, Bastarache, Beaudoin, Beaulieu, Beaumont, Beauregard, Bellefontaine, Bellineau, Belliveau, Benoit, Bergeron, Bernard, Berthelot, Bertrand, Bideau, Bisson, Blanchard, Blondin, Blou, Bodart, Boisseau, Bodin, Bonneville, Bonvillain, Bourque, Bouche, Boudrot, Bourg, Bourgeois, Boutin, Boye, Brasseaux, Breau, Broussard, Brun, Bugeau, Cadet, Cahouet, Cailler, Carre, Cathary, Celestin, Chamagne, Chauvert, Chiasson, Clmenceau, Cochu, Colars, Comeau, Cormier, Caperon, Cotard, Coussan, Crosse, Daigle, Darbone, Darois, David, De Bellisle, De Foret, De La Tou, Denis, D’Entremont, Deraye, De Saulniers, Deslauriers, Deveau, Donat, Douaron, Doucet, Druce, Dubois, Dubreuil, Dugas, Duon, Dumont, Dupont, Dupuis, Durocher, Emmanuel, Estevin, Fardel, Forest, Foret, Galant, Garreau, Garso, Gaudet, Gauthereau, Gentil, Giasson, Gicheau, Gilbert, Girouard, Godin, Goudeau, Gousille, Granger, Gravois, Gros, Guerin, Guidry, Guilbeau, Guillot, Hache, Hamon, Hebert, Henry, Heon, Herpin, Houel, Hugon, Jasmin, Jeansonne, Kuessy, Labarre, Labasque, Labauve, Lacroix. Lafont, Lagosse, Lalonde, Laliberte, Lamarquis, Lambert, Lamontagne, Landry, Langlois, Lanoue, Languepee, Laperriere, Lapierre, Lariche, Laurier, Laurent, Lavallee, Lavergne, Lavoye, LeBlanc, Lebreton, Lefranc, Leger, Lejeune, Lemaistre, Leonard, Leprince, Lesperance, Lessoile, Levron, Lort, Lounais, Maillard, Maillet, Maisonnat, Marceau, Martel, Martin, Mathieu, Maurice, Mayer, Melanson, Mercier, Michel, Mignault, Mirande, Mire, Monnier, Morvant, Morin, Mouton, Moyse, Nuirat, Ondy, Olivier, Parisien, Pellerin, Perinne, Petitpas, Pinet, Pitre, Poirier, Poitier, Pothier. Prejean, Primeau, Prince, Provencal, Raymond, Rembaud, Richard, Rivet, Robichaud, Rosette, Roy, Saint-Scene, Saint-Martin, Samson, Saulnier, Sauvage, Savary, Savoye, Sendou, Simon, Sire, Surette, Surot, Theriot, Thibeau, Thibodeau, Tournageau, Toussain, Trahan, Usez, Veco, Vigneau, Villatte, Vincent, Voyer, Yvon
Source: umaine.edu
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Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste DUGAS (1742, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 31 July 1805, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Jean Baptiste DUGAS & Marguerite BENOIT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1680, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Claude DUGAS & Françoise BOURGEOIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1700, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Joseph DUGAS & Claire BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1714, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 10 January 1779, St-Servan-sur-Mer, France)
(Joseph DUGAS & Marguerite RICHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (12 May 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Charles DUGAS & Anne ROBICHAUD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1738, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 26 February 1823, Anse des LeBlanc, Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Pierre DUGAS & Elisabeth Lucie BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1747, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(Joseph DUGAS & Marguerite LEBLANC)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph DUGAS (1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 21 July 1843, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Claude DUGAS & Marie Josephe MELANSON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine DUGAS (1689, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 10 August 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly))
(Claude DUGAS & Françoise BOURGEOIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine DUGAS (16 November 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 4 August 1790, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Claude DUGAS & Marie Josephe MELANSON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite DUGAS (1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 13 December 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Joseph DUGAS & Claire BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite DUGAS (1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 13 April 1765, Le Mirebalais, Haiti)
(Claude DUGAS & Jeanne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite DUGAS (21 July 1737, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 4 July 1820, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Claude DUGAS & Marie Josephe MELANSON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie DUGAS (1693, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 15 October 1784, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer))
(Abraham DUGAS & Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie DUGAS (1722, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 10 March 1764, St. Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
(Joseph DUGAS & Anne-Marie HEBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie DUGAS (1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 2 July 1839, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer))
(Charles DUGAS & Anne LEBLANC)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne DUGAS (16 April 1707, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 30 January 1772, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Claude DUGAS & Marguerite BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne DUGAS (21 July 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 31 October 1797, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage))
(Joseph DUGAS & Marguerite ROBICHAUD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephte DUGAS (1738, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Louis DUGAS & Marie Josephte GIROUARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Marguerite Josephe DUGAS (1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1775, Chatellerault, France)
(Pierre DUGAS & Elisabeth Lucie BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Osite DUGAS (17 June 1761, Ille Et Vilaine, France - 11 September 1814, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Paul DUGAS & Helene BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Michel DUGAS (1752, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 October 1828, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Jean DUGAS & Marie Charlotte GODIN (GAUDIN))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Osithe DUGAS (18 December 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 20 January 1820, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Claude DUGAS & Marie Josephe MELANSON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul DUGAS (1709, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - , , Louisiana, USA)
(Joseph DUGAS & Claire BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul Marin DUGAS (16 March 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - January 1813, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre DUGAS (1709, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 5 March 1771, , France)
(Claude DUGAS & Jeanne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie DUHON (1746, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 4 March 1813, Nouvelle, Quebec, Canada)
(Pierre DUON (DUHON) & Angélique AUCOIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Abel DUON (14 May 1722, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 29 January 1807, Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Canada)
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles DUON (29 May 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Claude Amable DUON (16 February 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 13 December 1811, Vermillon, Louisiana, USA)
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Cyprien DUON (18 April 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1798, , France)
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Euphronsine DUON (23 September 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 16 November 1756, Plymouth, England)
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Honore DUON ( 24 July 1716, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1 January 1784, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Rosalie DUON (24 April 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) (13 June 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre DUON (DUHON) (28 March 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Jean Baptiste DUON (DUHON) dit LYONNAISE & Agnès HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Alexandre DUPUIS (1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 21 January 1770, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Jean DUPUIS & Anne Marguerite RICHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Amand DUPUIS (12 June 1729, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 9 November 1819, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Jean DUPUIS & Anne Marguerite RICHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Ambroise DUPUIS (17 November 1718, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 28 March 1763, Ville de la Moyenne, Côtes-d'Armor, France)
(Germain DUPUIS & Marie GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne DUPUIS (1698, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Martin DUPUIS & Marie LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne-Marie DUPUIS (August 1731, Canard, Nova Scotia, Canada (Riviere Aux Canards, Acadia) - 1767, )
(Antoine DUPUIS & Josephte DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Antoine DUPUIS (16 November 1723, Canard, Nova Scotia, Canada (Riviere Aux Canards, Acadia) - 6 August 1765, , Haiti)
(Antoine DUPUIS & Josephte DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Augustin DUPUIS (1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1835, Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne))
(Louis-Sylvain DUPUIS & Françoise LEBLANC)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Cecile DUPUIS (1697, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 28 February 1780, , France)
(Martin DUPUIS & Marie LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Cecile Josephe DUPUIS (16 February 1725 , Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 13 June 1786, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Jean DUPUIS & Anne Marguerite RICHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles DUPUIS (1697, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 14 December 1790, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
(Pierre DUPUIS & Madeleine LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles DUPUIS (1746, Canard, Nova Scotia, Canada (Riviere Aux Canards, Acadia) - 6 April 1798, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(Antoine DUPUIS & Josephte DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles DUPUIS (1755, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 March 1828, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Germain DUPUIS & Angelique LEBLANC)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Elisabeth DUPUIS (28 August 1719 , Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 17 May 1784, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Jean DUPUIS & Anne Marguerite RICHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Etienne DUPUIS (1749, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 25 November 1837, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Charles DUPUIS & Madeleine Marie TRAHAN)

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