Anne DUGAS

Born

16 April 1749 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

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

Anne married Joseph Theotime RICHARD 4 February 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Theotime RICHARD was born 24 August 1751 in Port Royal, Acadia . Joseph Theotime died 7 August 1814 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . Joseph Theotime was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Josephte HÉBERT .

Parents & Family of Anne DUGAS

Parents of Anne DUGAS

Father

Claude DUGAS

Mother

Marie Josephe MELANSON

Grandparents of Anne DUGAS

Paternal grandparents

Abraham DUGAS Madeleine Marie LANDRY

Maternal grandparents

Pierre MELANSON Anne GRANGER

Anne 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

m. Joseph Richard, 4 February 1771

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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 Anne DUGAS

Anne DUGAS married

Joseph Theotime RICHARD
Marriage date: 4 February 1771
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph Theotime RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Josephte HÉBERT

Children of Joseph Theotime RICHARD and Anne DUGAS

Judith RICHARD

Born: abt. 1782,
Died: ,

Married: Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) 16 November 1807 Place: Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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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 — 1749
16 April 1749
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
Anne DUGAS and Joseph Theotime RICHARD 4 February 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 21 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.