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.
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- 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)