Madeleine DUGAS

(b. abt. 1664 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 8 August 1738 , Port Royal, Acadia )
Age: 74

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Madeleine DUGAS was born abt. 1664 in Port Royal, Acadia

Madeleine DUGAS was the child of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS?

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

Madeleine married Germain BOURGEOIS abt. 1682 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Germain BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1650 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Germain died abt. 1711 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Germain was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN.

Madeleine DUGAS died 8 August 1738 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Madeleine DUGAS married

Germain BOURGEOIS-- Date: abt. 1682 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Germain BOURGEOIS was the child of Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS and Jeanne TRAHAN

Children of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS:

Madeleine BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1683, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Michel POIRIER 1698 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Agnes BOURGEOIS (b.10 January 1686 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 6 April 1742, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Michel RICHARD 25 February 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. 25 March 1735, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. François GIROUARD 7 February 1708 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1764, Beverly, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Anne LEBLANC 10 January 1719 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1693, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 August 1754, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ 21 November 1712 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1695, Port Royal, Acadia d. , , Massachusetts, USA)
m. Marie LEBLANC 24 November 1721 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Françoise BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1698, , Acadia, Canada d. 25 November 1747, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Prudent ROBICHAUD 10 January 1719 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite BOURGEOIS (b.abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada d. 14 July 1770, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN 20 January 1721 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS (b.22 December 1704, Port Royal, Acadia d. 8 June 1770 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre ROBICHAUD 8 February 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jeanne BOURGEOIS (b.30 November 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. 18 March 1790 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis ROBICHAUD 7 February 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Abraham DUGAST, gunsmith, 55, wife Marie Judith DOUCET 46; Children: Claude 19, Martin 15, Abraham 10, Marie 23, Anne 17, Margueritte 14, Magdeleine 7, Marie 5; cattle 19, sheep 3.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Abraham Dugast & Marguerite Doucet

12 acres 20 cattle 1 gun

1 boy 18 1660 Abraham

2 girls 15 1663 Madeleine

12 1666 Marie
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Beaubassin
1686 Census Beaubassin
Germain Bourgeois 34, Magdelaine Dugas 22; children: Guillaume 12, Marie 9, Michel 7, Magdelaine 3; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 3 sheep, 4 hogs.

1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Birth of Child
Agnes BOURGEOIS was born 10 January 1686 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1693 Beaubassin
Germain BOURGEOIS 41, Madeleine DUGAS 26, Guillaume 18, Marie 16, Michel 14, Madeleine 10, Agnes 7, Anne 4, Joseph 1 1/ 2; 24 cattle, 23 sheep, 12 pigs, 8 arpents, 3 guns
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Beaubassin
1698 Beaubassin: Jacques Bourgeois 82, Jeanne Trahan 72, Germain 48, Madne. Dugas (wife) 34, Guillaume 24, Agnes 12; 22 cattle, 15 hogs, 21 arpents, 3 guns, 1 servant.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Beaubassin
1700 Beaubassin: Germain Bourgeois 50, wife Madeleine Dugast 37, Guillaume 26, Joseph 11, Claude 6, Agnes 16, Anne 12, Marie 7, Francoise 2; 19 cattle, 12 hogs, 22 arpents, 5 guns.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Beaubassin
1701 Beaubassin: Germain Bourgeois, wife, 2 boys, 4 girls; 22 cattle, 10 hogs, 20 arpents, 6 guns.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1704 Birth of Child
Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS was born 22 December 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1707 Marriage of Child
Agnes BOURGEOIS married 25 February 1707 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Michel RICHARD

1708 Marriage of Child
Anne BOURGEOIS married 7 February 1708, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to François GIROUARD

1709 Birth of Child
Jeanne BOURGEOIS was born 30 November 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1712 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS married 21 November 1712 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

1714 Port Royal
1714 Port Royal: Widow Bourgeois, 2 boys, 4 girls
1714 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage of Child
Françoise BOURGEOIS married 10 January 1719, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Prudent ROBICHAUD

1719 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOURGEOIS married 10 January 1719 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne LEBLANC

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

1721 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURGEOIS married 20 January 1721 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN

1721 Marriage of Child
Claude BOURGEOIS married 24 November 1721 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie LEBLANC

1724 Marriage of Child
Marie Madeleine BOURGEOIS married 8 February 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre ROBICHAUD

1730 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BOURGEOIS married 7 February 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Louis ROBICHAUD

1735 Death of Child
Anne BOURGEOIS died 25 March 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1738 Death
RG 1 Vol. 26a p.181 Register
De St. Poncy de La Vernède Priest
9 August 1738 Registration date
Burial Event
Madelene Dugas
died 8 August 1738, seventy-four years old, widow of Germain Bourgeois
Witnesses:
Guillaume Bourgeois
Joseph Bourgeois
Claude Bourgeois
Agnes Bourgeois
Françoise Bourgeois

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Madeleine is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 7/29/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 8/16/2015 1:32:53 PM