Charles Claude Duon & Mary Josèphe Préjean

Charles Claude Duon
Charles was born on May 11th, 1734 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and his baptism took place there on May 30th, 1734.

• Birth Notes
  • born 29 May 1734, baptized 30 May 1734, Port-Royal; son of Jean-Baptiste DUHON dit Lyonnais & Agnès HÉBERT; brother of Claude-Amable & Honoré; married, age 25, Marie-Josèphe PRÉJEAN, daughter of Charles PRÉJEAN & Francoise BOUDREAUX, c1759, Halifax; arrived LA 1765, age 31;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1766, right [west] bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanocé Militia, called Carlos & Charles-Claude DUYON, age 30[sic], with wife Marie age 26, son Jean-Baptiste age 6, & daughter Marguerite age 2, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 2 hogs, 1 gun;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 38, right [west] bank, called Charles DUAN, age 35, with wife Marie age 33, sons Jean-Baptiste age 9, Michel age 10 mos., & daughter Margueritte age 5;
    
    in Ascension census, 1770, right [west] bank, called Charles D'HUAN, age 36, head of family number 7, with wife Marie-Joseph age 34, sons Jean-Baptiste age 10, Michel age 2, daughter Margueritte age 6, & 6 arpents; moved to Atakapas District;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1777, called Charle DUON, age 48, head of family number 98, with wife Marie-Josèphe age 40, sons Baptiste age 14, Michel age 9, Charle age 5, daughters Marguerite age 12, Marie-Rose age 6, & Magdeleine age 2, 0 slaves, 35 cattle, 5 horses, 6 hogs, 0 sheep;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1781, called Charles DUONS, with 7 individuals, 80 animals, no arpents listed;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1785, called Ch DUHON, with 6 free individuals, 0 slaves; on Atakapas militia list, Aug 1789, called Carlos DUHON

He died at the age of 59 on June 12th, 1793 in Donaldson, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA.

Mary Josèphe Préjean
Mary was born in January 1734 in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Birth Notes
  • born c1737; daughter of Charles PRÉJEAN & his second wife Francoise BOUDREAUX; married, age 19, Charles-Claude DUHON, son of Jean-Baptiste DUHON & Agnes HÉBERT of Port-Royal, c1756, Halifax;
    
    arrived LA 1765, age 28; in Cabanoce census, 1766, right [west] bank, called Marie PREJEN, age 26[sic], with husband, 1 son, & 1 daughter;
    
    in Cabanoce census, 1769, right [west] bank, called Marie, age 33, with husband, 2 sons, & 1 daughter; moved to Atakapas District;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1777, called Marie-Josephe, age 40, with husband, 3 sons, & 3 daughters;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1781, unnamed, with husband & 5 others;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1785, unnamed, with husband & 4 others
    
    Children:
    
    Charles Duhon
    Birth:
        27 Jan 1773
        Ascension, Louisiana, United States
    Death:
        1821
        St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States
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    Marie Marine Duhon
    Birth:
        9 Aug 1775
        Stmartinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States
    Death:
        10 Dec 1781
        Stmartinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States
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    Marie Magdaleine Duhon
    Birth:
        1776
        St Jacques, Louisiana, United States
    Death:
        21 Jul 1802
        St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States
    
    

She died at the age of 84 on June 14th, 1818 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.  She was buried on June 15th, 1818.¹ 

• Death Notes
  • Vermillion, PREJEAN, ---- [probably Marie Josephe] widow of deceased Charles DUHON - native of Acadie; died 14 June 1818 at the home of Hypolite GUEDRY at Vermillion; "d'une maladie pestilentielle" [of a deadly disease] which only permitted the body of the deceased to be brought to the church; buried 15 June 1818 at the home of Hypolite GUEDRY at Vermillion. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #1187)