Charles DUGAS

(b. 10 December 1711 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 25 January 1801 , Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Charles DUGAS was born 10 December 1711 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Charles DUGAS was the child of Joseph DUGAS and Marguerite RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham DUGAS and Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) (maternal) Pierre RICHARD and Marguerite LANDRY

Charles was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Charles married Anne LEBLANC 7 January 1739 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Anne LEBLANC was born 16 March 1718 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Anne died 15 April 1776 in Canada. Anne was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY.

Charles DUGAS died 25 January 1801 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Charles DUGAS

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Charles DUGAS married

Anne LEBLANC-- Date: 7 January 1739 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Anne LEBLANC was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY

Children of Charles DUGAS and Anne LEBLANC:

Marie DUGAS (b.abt. 1741, , Acadia, Canada d. 2 July 1839, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre Benjamin LEBLANC 1760

Pierre DUGAS (b.14 September 1742, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. abt. 1780, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Francoise ROBICHAUD

Helene DUGAS (b.abt. 1746, , Canada d. 23 April 1830, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )
m. Claude LANDRY 16 October 1770 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Angelique DUGAS (b.abt. 1750, d. 30 November 1825, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Hilaire POIRIER 8 November 1773 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Joseph DUGAS (b.14 September 1752, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 4 June 1820, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Agathe LANDRY 1770 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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1711 Birth
10 December 1711
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Charles DUGAS and Anne LEBLANC 7 January 1739, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

He was 27 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Pierre DUGAS was born 14 September 1742, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Charles was 30 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph DUGAS was born 14 September 1752, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Charles was 40 years old.

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Helene DUGAS married 16 October 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Claude LANDRY

1773 Marriage of Child
Angelique DUGAS married 8 November 1773, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Hilaire POIRIER

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne LEBLANC died 15 April 1776, , Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1801 Death
25 January 1801
Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 89.

Added: 9/24/2015 1:30:32 PM - Updated: 4/23/2022 11:44:21 AM

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