Anne DUGAS

(b. 16 April 1749 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 March 1787 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Anne DUGAS was born 16 April 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia

Anne 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

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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Anne married Joseph Theotime RICHARD 4 February 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Theotime RICHARD was born 24 August 1751 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph Theotime died 7 August 1814 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Joseph Theotime was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Josephte HÉBERT.

Anne DUGAS died 21 March 1787 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Joseph Richard, 4 February 1771

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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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Anne DUGAS married

Joseph Theotime RICHARD-- Date: 4 February 1771 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph Theotime RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Josephte HÉBERT

Children of Joseph Theotime RICHARD and Anne DUGAS:

Judith RICHARD (b.abt. 1782, d. , )
m. Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) 16 November 1807 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1749 Birth
16 April 1749
Port Royal, Acadia

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Anne DUGAS and Joseph Theotime RICHARD 4 February 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 21 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.