DUGAS
The DUGAS's of Louisiana can most likely trace their ancestory back to Abraham Dugasborn in 1616 at Toulouse, France. He arrived at Port Royal, Acadia, in 1640 as a lieutenant-general. He married in 1647 Marguerite Louise Doucet, daughter of Germain Doucet. She was born in 1634 at Port Royal.
The line of ancestory to Louisiana goes through Claude II, son of Abraham and Marguerite. He was born in 1652 at Port Royal, married in 1673 to Marie Francoise Bourgeois. Claude II married a second time to Marguerite Bourg. One of their sons, Charles, was born in 1709.
Charles married Anne Robichaud of Acadia. It was their sons, Charles, Jean, and Pierre, who were the earliest members of that clan to settle in the Teche country of the Attakapas producing the main stronghold of the Dugas clan in Louisiana. However, Claude II did have children with his first wife Marie Francoise. This line of ancestory is the subject of interest here.
Claude III, son of Claude II and Marie, was born in 1676, at Port Royal. He married Jeanne Bourg in 1702 at Cobequid, Acadia. She is daughter of Bernard Bourg and Francoise Brun.
From this union was born Claude IV in 1704 at Cobequid. He married in 1725 to Marguerite Coste, daughter of Francois Coste and Madeleine Martin.
Pierre, son of Claude IV and Marguerite, was born at Cobequid in 1728. He married Marguerite Daigle in 1752. Two of his children were Marguerite and Marie. Pierre died in 1787.
Somehow, with countless other Acadians during the Expulsion, this branch of the Dugas's also found themselves in Louisiana. Though not part of the main stronghold from the three Dugas brothers, they were part of the same family dating back to Acadia.