Jean Baptiste DUGAS

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abt. 1742 , Acadia, Canada

Died

31 July 1805 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste DUGAS Marguerite BENOIT

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Born: abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste DUGAS

Mother: Marguerite BENOIT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DUGAS , Claire BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Jean BENOIT dit LABRIERE , Marie-Anne BRAULT

Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Jean Baptiste married Marie BREAU (BRAULT) 28 February 1764 in St-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France . Marie BREAU (BRAULT) was born abt. 1745 in Acadia, Canada. Marie died 5 August 1816 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . Marie was the child of Seraphin BREAU (BRAULT) and Brigitte MARTIN.

Jean Baptiste DUGAS died 31 July 1805 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Jean Baptiste DUGAS married

Marie BREAU (BRAULT)
Marriage date: 28 February 1764
Marriage place: St-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Marie BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Seraphin BREAU (BRAULT) and Brigitte MARTIN

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste DUGAS and Marie BREAU (BRAULT) 28 February 1764, St-Suliac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.