Felicite DUGAS

Born

26 February 1752 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 March 1787 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 26 February 1752 in Port Royal, Acadia

Parents of Felicite DUGAS

Father

Claude DUGAS

Mother

Marie Josephe MELANSON

Grandparents of Felicite DUGAS

Paternal grandparents

Abraham DUGAS Madeleine Marie LANDRY

Maternal grandparents

Pierre MELANSON Anne GRANGER

Felicite 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Felicite married Francois FOREST 21 October 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois FOREST was born abt. 1742 in Acadia, Canada. Francois died 22 July 1778 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . Francois was the child of François FOREST and Jeanne GIROURARD.

Felicite DUGAS died 19 March 1787 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, 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

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Felicite DUGAS

Felicite DUGAS married

Francois FOREST
Marriage date: 21 October 1771
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois FOREST was the child of François FOREST and Jeanne GIROURARD

Children of Francois FOREST and Felicite DUGAS

Louis FOREST

Born: 11 August 1772, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elisabeth BOURGEOIS 2 February 1795 Place: Mascouche, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Birth — 1752
26 February 1752
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1755 - Exile in Massachusetts

'Claude Dugas and his wife received an order to live in Sturbridge, but their children would be separated from them; Marguerite, Madeleine and Felecite were sent to Oxford. The two other daughters; Elizabeth (Cecile) and Hannah (Anne) were sent to Dudley, while the two sons, Charles and Joseph, left for Charlton. Charles Belliveau (Claude's son-in law) and his wife and their young children received an order to go to Leicester, but the second child was sent to Spencer. In the spring or summer of 1767, however despite anguish and misfortune, Claude Dugas succeeded in reaching the Province of Quebec with the whole family, except for Charles.'

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History of the Franco-Americans of Southbridge, by Felix Gatineau, translated by Elizabeth Blood

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Felicite DUGAS and Francois FOREST 21 October 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 19 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Louis FOREST was born 11 August 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Felicite was 20 years old.

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.

1778 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois FOREST died 22 July 1778, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

Death — 1787
19 March 1787
Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 35.

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