Charles MELANSON

(b. abt. 1675 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 September 1757 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Charles MELANSON was born abt. 1675 in Port Royal, Acadia

Charles MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET

Charles 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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Charles married Anne Jeanne BOURG abt. 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Anne Jeanne BOURG was born abt. 1684 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne Jeanne died 12 March 1750 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne Jeanne was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT.

Charles MELANSON died 19 September 1757 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 Charles MELANSON

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Charles MELANSON married

Anne Jeanne BOURG-- Date: abt. 1700 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne Jeanne BOURG was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT

Anne Bourg married Charles Melanson, son of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, circa 1700 at Port-Royal.

Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 223.

Children of Charles MELANSON and Anne Jeanne BOURG:

Charles MELANSON (b.abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada d. 14 August 1763, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Anne GRANGER 18 February 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie MELANSON (b.4 August 1708, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Charles GODIN 18 August 1733 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean MELANSON (b.26 March 1712, Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 May 1758, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie Josephe LANOUE 15 January 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne MELANSON (b.20 October 1715, Port Royal, Acadia d. 24 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph LANDRY 17 January 1735 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph MELANSON (b.17 November 1718, Port Royal, Acadia d. 1 October 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )

Pierre MELANSON (b.abt. 1720, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Josephe GRANGER 1 February 1746 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude MELANSON (b.29 May 1731, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

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1686 Port Royal
Charles MELANSON 44, Marie DUGAS 38; children: Isabelle 13, Charles 11, Madeleine 9, Marie 7, Francoise 4, twins Pierre and Ambroise 10 month; 1 gun, 6 arpents, 20 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Charles MELANCON 46, Marie DUGAS 42, Charles 18, Madeleine 16, Marie 12, Francoise 10, Pierre & Ambroise (twins) 8, Claude 5, Jeanne 3; 20 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 pigs, 35 arpents, 4 guns

1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Charles MELLANSON 57; Marie DUGAST (wife) 52; Charles 23; Marie 18; Ambroise and Pierre, twins, 13; Claude 11; Jean 8; Marguerite 5; 15 cattle, 9 sheep 9 hogs, 35 arpents, 76 fruit trees, 2 guns.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1708 Birth of Child
Marie MELANSON was born 4 August 1708, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1712 Birth of Child
Jean MELANSON was born 26 March 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Anne MELANSON was born 20 October 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1718 Birth of Child
Joseph MELANSON was born 17 November 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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

1727 Marriage of Child
Charles MELANSON married 18 February 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne GRANGER

1731 Birth of Child
Claude MELANSON was born 29 May 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1733 Marriage of Child
Marie MELANSON married 18 August 1733, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles GODIN

1735 Marriage of Child
Anne MELANSON married 17 January 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph LANDRY

1742 Marriage of Child
Jean MELANSON married 15 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe LANOUE

1746 Marriage of Child
Pierre MELANSON married 1 February 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe GRANGER