Brief Life History of Joseph Edouard
When Joseph Edouard Dugas was born on 8 March 1859, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, his father, Eloi Ulinor Dugas, was 29 and his mother, Marie Clelie Gonsoulin, was 26. He lived in Police Jury Ward 3 Belle Place, Iberia, Louisiana, United States in 1870 and Iberia, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 6 September 1917, in Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Loreauville, Iberia, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Edouard Dugas in household of Eulinor Dugas, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph Edouard Dugas, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Edward Dugas, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Clovis, Emile, Amedee, Normand, Ovide, Pierre, Theogene, Alcee, Alcide.
French: topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone who lived by a patch of waste land, Old French gast (see Gast ); or a habitational name for someone from Le Gas, the name of several places in various parts of France. This surname is most frequent in LA. It is also common among African Americans. Compare Duga , Dugar , and Dugat .
Slovak and Rusyn: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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