Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Osithe Marie  DUGAS

  (b. 18 December 1734 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 20 January 1820 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Osithe Marie DUGAS was born 18 December 1734 in Port Royal, Acadia

Osithe Marie DUGAS was the child of Claude DUGAS   and   Marie Josephe MELANSON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Abraham DUGAS and Madeleine Marie LANDRY (maternal)  Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER

Osithe Marie 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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Osithe Marie  married  Charles BELIVEAU 20 July 1755 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles BELIVEAU  was born 12 October 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Charles died 10 August 1796 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Charles was the child of Charles BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite GRANGER.

Osithe Marie DUGAS died 20 January 1820 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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Osithe Marie DUGAS married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Charles BELIVEAU-- Date: 20 July 1755 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Charles BELIVEAU was the child of Charles BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite GRANGER




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birth1734 Birth
18 December 1734
Port Royal, Acadia
marriage1755 Marriage / Partner
Osithe Marie DUGAS and Charles BELIVEAU 20 July 1755, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 20 years old.
1755 - Exile in Massachusetts
'Claude Dugas and his wife received an order to live in Sturbridge, but their children would be separated from them; Marguerite, Madeleine and Felecite were sent to Oxford. The two other daughters; Elizabeth (Cecile) and Hannah (Anne) were sent to Dudley, while the two sons, Charles and Joseph, left for Charlton. Charles Belliveau (Claude's son-in law) and his wife and their young children received an order to go to Leicester, but the second child was sent to Spencer. In the spring or summer of 1767, however despite anguish and misfortune, Claude Dugas succeeded in reaching the Province of Quebec with the whole family, except for Charles.'
History of the Franco-Americans of Southbridge, by Felix Gatineau, translated by Elizabeth Blood
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
marriage1776 Marriage of Child
Ludivine Elisabeth BELIVEAU married 10 June 1776, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Germain BOURGEOIS
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph BELIVEAU married 12 September 1791, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure) to Marie-Anne-Elizabeth BEAUDIN
1796 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles BELIVEAU died 10 August 1796, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
death1820 Death
20 January 1820
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 85.
Added: 5/13/2020 9:23:57 AM - Updated: 12/7/2025 10:48:37 PM

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