Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Claude  MELANSON

  (b. 2 December 1748 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 19 May 1816 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Claude MELANSON was born 2 December 1748 in Port Royal, Acadia

Claude MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON   and   Anne GRANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles MELANSON and Anne Jeanne BOURG (maternal)  Claude GRANGER and Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Claude 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


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Claude  married  Ludivine GAUDET 14 September 1778 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ludivine GAUDET  was born abt. 1757 in Connecticut, USA.  Ludivine died 20 November 1830 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Ludivine was the child of Charles GAUDET and Anathalie ROBICHAUD.

Claude MELANSON died 19 May 1816 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

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Claude MELANSON married flag female ancestor Ludivine GAUDET-- Date: 14 September 1778 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
Ludivine GAUDET was the child of Charles GAUDET and Anathalie ROBICHAUD




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birth1748 Birth
2 December 1748
Port Royal, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
marriage1778 Marriage / Partner
Claude MELANSON and Ludivine GAUDET 14 September 1778, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 29 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1807 Marriage of Child
Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) married 16 November 1807, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Judith RICHARD
death1816 Death
19 May 1816
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 5/16/2022 12:52:53 PM - Updated: 5/16/2022 12:55:10 PM

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