Claude DUGAS

(b. 28 May 1712 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 April 1786 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude DUGAS was born 28 May 1712 in Port Royal, Acadia

Claude DUGAS was the child of Claude DUGAS and Marguerite BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET (maternal) Bernard BOURG and Françoise BRUN

Claude was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Claude married Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 22 November 1734 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born 30 March 1715 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 2 December 1772 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Marguerite was the child of François BOUDROT and Madeleine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU).

Claude DUGAS died 2 April 1786 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Claude DUGAS married

Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)-- Date: 22 November 1734 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of François BOUDROT and Madeleine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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1712 Birth
28 May 1712
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Claude DUGAS and Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 22 November 1734 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 22 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.

1772 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) died 2 December 1772, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

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.