Joseph DUGAS

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abt. 1753 , Port Royal, Acadia

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21 July 1843 , Saint-Jacques, Canada East

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Claude DUGAS Marie Josephe MELANSON

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Born: abt. 1753 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Claude DUGAS

Mother: Marie Josephe MELANSON

Paternal grandparents: Abraham DUGAS , Madeleine Marie LANDRY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MELANSON , Anne GRANGER

Joseph 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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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT 8 January 1776 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT was born 8 July 1757 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Madeleine died 8 May 1842 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Alexis VAILLANT and Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE.

Joseph DUGAS died 21 July 1843 in Saint-Jacques, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
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Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT
Marriage date: 8 January 1776
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT was the child of Alexis VAILLANT and Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

Children of Joseph DUGAS and Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT

Scholastique DUGAS

Born: 23 February 1789, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE 25 June 1810 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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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.'
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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUGAS and Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT 8 January 1776, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Scholastique DUGAS was born 23 February 1789, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage of Child
Scholastique DUGAS married 25 June 1810, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Child
Scholastique DUGAS died 12 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT died 8 May 1842, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Death — 1843
21 July 1843
Saint-Jacques, Canada East

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