Martin DUPUIS
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Born: abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia
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Martin married Marie LANDRY abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie LANDRY was born abt. 1670 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died 20 September 1746 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Marie was the child of René LANDRY LE JEUNNE and Marie BERNARD.
Martin DUPUIS died 8 August 1713 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia .
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Spouse & Children of Martin DUPUIS
Marriage date: abt. 1686
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie LANDRY was the child of René LANDRY LE JEUNNE and Marie BERNARD
Children of Martin DUPUIS and Marie LANDRY
Died: 23 April 1779, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 May 1776 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
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Died: abt. 1760,
Died: abt. 1734,
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Died: abt. 1750,
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DUPUIS - several origins: alteration of the agglutination of 'du Puits', derived from 'le Puits', the name of several localities in France. Or, de Puy, from the Latin 'podium' which means 'base' and represents a rocky height of volcanic origin. Or also, nickname given to the one whose house has or is close to a communal well.
Martin Dupuis was born around 1665 in Port-Royal, Acadie. Son of Michel Dupuis and Marie Gautrot, he married Marie Landry (16), daughter of René Landry and Marie Bernard, around 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia. From their union 13 children were born. In 1693, he lived in the village of Les Mines, in Acadie. He died on August 8, 1713 in Grand Pré, Acadia.
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'Oldest son Martin, born in c1665, married Marie, daughter of René Landry le jeune, at Port-Royal in c1686. They had 13 children, including five sons who married into the Richard, Babin, Dugas, Granger, LeBlanc, and Trahan families. Their eight daughters married into the Hébert, Blanchard, LeBlanc, Babin, Aucoin, and Robichaud dit Cadet families. They settled at Minas, where Martin died in August 1713, age 48. His descendants were especially numerous at Rivière-aux-Canards, or the River of the Ducks. '
Source: www.acadiansingray.com/

Title Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens: Beaubassin, Amherst, Nouvelle-Ecosse Grand-Pré, Nouvelle-Ecosse
Volume 3 of Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens / Bona Arsenault
Author Bona Arsenault
Publisher Leméac, 1978
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized May 12, 2008
ISBN 0776150308, 9780776150307
Length 2645 pages
Page 1160
1671 Port Royal: Michel Dupont 37 farmer, wife Marie Gautrot 34, Marie 14, Martin 6, Jeanne 4, Pierre 3 months; 5 cattle, 1 sheep, 6 arpents
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Michel du Peux & Marie Gautrot
2 acres 6 cattle
3 boys 14 1664 Martin
9 1669 Pierre
5 1673
1 girl 1 1677
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1686 Port Royal: Michel Dupeux 57, wife Marie Gotro 49, Martin 21, Pierre 17, Jean 10, Marie 7; 6 cattle, 2 sheep, 5 ½ arpents
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Martin DUPUIS 27, Marie LANDRY 22, Jean 6, Antoine 5, Germain 4, Marie Josephe 1; 8 cattle, 4 sheep, 6 pigs 5.5 arpents 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Martin DUPUIS, his wife, 3 boys, 4 girls, 6 arpents, 15 cattle, 15 sheep 15 hogs, 1 gun.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Martin DUPUIS and his wife, 1 arms bearer.
Martin DUPUIS, his wife, 3 boys 14 or older, 2 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older, 2 younger girls; 6 arpents, 10 cattle, 10 sheep, 10 hogs.
1708 Birth of ChildJoseph DUPUIS was born 3 July 1708, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
1710 Birth of ChildHenriette DUPUIS was born 5 September 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
Marie Josephe DUPUIS married 14 January 1711, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Guillaume HÉBERT
Antoine DUPUIS married 4 July 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Marguerite BABIN
1712 Birth of ChildCharles DUPUIS was born 10 September 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
8 August 1713
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
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Phone: 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."
Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ~nskings/ cemetery.grandpre.html
Record added: 5/12/2009 7:30:47 PM
Last updated: 2/9/2023 10:55:52 PM
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