Jean Baptiste MELANSON

(b. 21 December 1727 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 14 November 1785 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean Baptiste MELANSON was born 21 December 1727 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Baptiste MELANSON was the child of Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS (maternal) Jean BABINEAU and Marguerite BOUDROT

Jean Baptiste 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 Baptiste married Anne ROBICHAUD abt. 1750 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne ROBICHAUD was born May 1729 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne died 18 January 1783 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Anne was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD L'AINÉ and Angelique PITRE.

Jean Baptiste MELANSON died 14 November 1785 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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 Baptiste MELANSON married

Anne ROBICHAUD-- Date: abt. 1750 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne ROBICHAUD was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD L'AINÉ and Angelique PITRE

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1727 Birth
21 December 1727
Port Royal, Acadia

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.