Jean MELANSON

(b. 26 March 1712 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 May 1758 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Jean MELANSON was born 26 March 1712 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON and Anne Jeanne BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS (maternal) François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT

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 Marie Josephe LANOUE 15 January 1742 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Josephe LANOUE was born 27 January 1720 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Josephe died 1 January 1758 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie Josephe was the child of Pierre LANOUE and Marie GRANGER.

Jean MELANSON died 15 May 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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.

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Family and Children of Jean MELANSON

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Jean MELANSON married

Marie Josephe LANOUE-- Date: 15 January 1742 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Josephe LANOUE was the child of Pierre LANOUE and Marie GRANGER

Marie-Josephe Lanoue married Jean Melanson, son of Charles Melanson and Anne Bourg, on 15 January 1742 at Port Royal

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes; p959

Children of Jean MELANSON and Marie Josephe LANOUE:

Marie Josephe MELANCON (b.21 November 1742, Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 August 1824, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Louis AIDE dit CRÉQUY 20 June 1762 in , Canada
m. Isidore TOUSIGNANT 25 January 1773 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Marie-Anne MELANSON (b.25 March 1745, Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 April 1825, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre AUGER 10 February 1766 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Felicite MELANCON (b.abt. 1746, , Acadia, Canada d. 6 March 1824, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie BEAUDET (BAUDET) 24 October 1774 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Marguerite MELANSON (b.November 1747, Port Royal, Acadia d. 11 December 1758, Québec, Canada, New France )

Pierre MELANSON (b.13 April 1750, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Jean Baptiste MELANSON (b.18 April 1753, Port Royal, Acadia d. 1 July 1758, Québec, Canada, New France )

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1712 Birth
26 March 1712
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Jean MELANSON and Marie Josephe LANOUE 15 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 29 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie Josephe MELANCON was born 21 November 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 30 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MELANSON was born 25 March 1745, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 33 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marguerite MELANSON was born November 1747, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 35 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Pierre MELANSON was born 13 April 1750, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 38 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste MELANSON was born 18 April 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 41 years old.