Marie Anne DUGAS

(b. 21 July 1739 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 31 October 1797 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Marie Anne DUGAS was born 21 July 1739 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Anne DUGAS was the child of Joseph DUGAS and Marguerite ROBICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham DUGAS and Madeleine Marie LANDRY (maternal) Alexandre ROBICHAUD and Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Marie Anne 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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Marie Anne married Joseph CHAPUT 16 November 1772 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph CHAPUT was born 25 July 1729 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Joseph was the child of Nicolas CHAPUT and Angélique LOISEL.

Marie Anne DUGAS died 31 October 1797 in L'Assomption, Lower 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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Joseph CHAPUT-- Date: 16 November 1772 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph CHAPUT was the child of Nicolas CHAPUT and Angélique LOISEL

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1739 Birth
21 July 1739
Port Royal, Acadia

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie Anne DUGAS and Joseph CHAPUT 16 November 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 33 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.