Jean MELANCON

(b. abt. 1754 , Acadia, Canada d. 8 May 1834 , Iberville, Lower Canada )

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Jean MELANCON was born abt. 1754 in Acadia, Canada

Jean MELANCON was the child of Charles MELANSON and Anne BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU (maternal) Claude BOURG and Judith GUÉRIN

Jean 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Marguerite BOURGEOIS 8 April 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite BOURGEOIS was born 11 November 1764 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marguerite died 27 September 1839 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS and Marguerite CYR.

Jean MELANCON died 8 May 1834 in Iberville, Lower Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean MELANCON married

Marguerite BOURGEOIS-- Date: 8 April 1782 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BOURGEOIS was the child of Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS and Marguerite CYR

Children of Jean MELANCON and Marguerite BOURGEOIS:

Jean MELANCON (b.8 January 1783, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 August 1848, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )
m. Marie-Henriette-Louise DUQUET 3 October 1814 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph MELANCON (b.2 April 1788, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Angélique LETARTRE 12 November 1810 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Pierre MELANCON (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 July 1869, L'Erable, Illinois, USA)
m. Rosalie FRECHETTE 13 October 1826 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Julien MELANCON (b.23 March 1803, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite DEMERS 30 January 1827 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

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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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Jean MELANCON and Marguerite BOURGEOIS 8 April 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1783 Birth of Child
Jean MELANCON was born 8 January 1783, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Joseph MELANCON was born 2 April 1788, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Birth of Child
Julien MELANCON was born 23 March 1803, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1810 Marriage of Child
Joseph MELANCON married 12 November 1810, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Marie-Angélique LETARTRE

1814 Marriage of Child
Jean MELANCON married 3 October 1814, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie-Henriette-Louise DUQUET

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Pierre MELANCON married 13 October 1826, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Rosalie FRECHETTE

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Julien MELANCON married 30 January 1827, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Marguerite DEMERS

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England