Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Ambroise  MELANSON

  (b. abt. 1686 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 7 August 1757 Québec, Canada, New France )  

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Ambroise MELANSON was born abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia

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

Ambroise 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):

Ambroise  married  Françoise BOURG 10 November 1705 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Françoise BOURG  was born abt. 1683 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Françoise died 15 December 1715 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Françoise was the child of Bernard BOURG and Françoise BRUN.

Ambroise  married  (2) Marguerite COMEAU 3 January 1719 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite COMEAU  was born abt. 1700 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Marguerite died 29 August 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Marguerite was the child of Jean COMEAU and Françoise HÉBERT.

Ambroise MELANSON died 7 August 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Family and Children of Ambroise MELANSON

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Ambroise MELANSON married flag female ancestor Françoise BOURG-- Date: 10 November 1705 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Françoise BOURG was the child of Bernard BOURG and Françoise BRUN




Children of Ambroise MELANSON and Françoise BOURG:

flag male ancestor Joseph MELANCON (b.23 September 1708, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )

flag male ancestor Jean MELANSON (b.5 October 1710, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 11 April 1782, Locmaria, France)

flag female ancestor Madeleine MELANSON (b.27 January 1714, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit GRAND PIERRE 31 January 1735 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Ambroise MELANCON (b.27 January 1714, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Anne HEBERT 26 November 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

flag female ancestor Marie MELANSON (b.27 January 1714, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 28 October 1733, Port Royal, Acadia )

flag female ancestor Marguerite MELANSON (b.22 November 1715, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Elisabeth MELANSON (b.22 November 1715, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 20 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Olivier THIBODEAU 14 October 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)




Ambroise MELANSON married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marguerite COMEAU-- Date: 3 January 1719 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite COMEAU was the child of Jean COMEAU and Françoise HÉBERT




Children of Ambroise MELANSON and Marguerite COMEAU:

flag female ancestor Anne MELANSON (b.17 April 1720, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Cecile MELANSON (b.28 June 1723, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 15 January 1796, Nantes, France)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Francoise MELANSON (b.14 January 1725, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 25 January 1801, Baie Ste-Marie, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Yves Dit Evan THIBAULT 18 January 1747 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Pierre Ambroise MELANSON (b.9 May 1727, Port Royal, Acadia   d. April 1804, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Anne Marie MELANSON 1758 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor Jean MELANSON (b.30 April 1729, Port Royal, Acadia   d. October 1806, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Anne "Jeanne" TRAHAN 1750 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag female ancestor Brigitte MELANSON (b.15 March 1731, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Paul Marin DUGAS 1751 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag female ancestor Modeste MELANSON (b.29 March 1734, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marguerite MELANSON (b.20 September 1736, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 8 September 1780, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Anselme BASTARACHE 1756 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marie Françoise MELANSON (b.20 September 1738, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1795, , Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Amand LANOUE 1762

flag male ancestor Desire MELANSON (b.25 June 1739, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )

flag male ancestor Amand MELANSON (b.2 May 1741, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1818, Saint Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Marie Anne LEBLANC 29 August 1768 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

flag female ancestor Marie-Felicite MELANSON (b.7 April 1745, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 31 March 1768, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Michel RIVARD dit DUFRESNE 1 February 1761 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)



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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 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
1700 Port Royal
Charles MELANSON 53; Marie DUGAST (wife) 49; Pierre and Ambroise, twins, 15; Claude 12; Jeanne 10; 30 cattle, 22 sheep, 35 arpents, 2 guns.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1701 Port Royal
Marie DUGAS widow of Charles MELANSON 50; Ambroise and Pierre (twins) 15, Claude 12, Jean 10, Marguerite 8; 2 guns, 9 cattle, 8 sheep. 8 hogs, 10 arpents.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
marriage1705 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise MELANSON and Françoise BOURG 10 November 1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1708 Birth of Child
Joseph MELANCON was born 23 September 1708, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1710 Birth of Child
Jean MELANSON was born 5 October 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1714 Birth of Child
Ambroise MELANCON was born 27 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1714 Birth of Child
Madeleine MELANSON was born 27 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1714 Birth of Child
Marie MELANSON was born 27 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Kings and Queens1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1715 Birth of Child
Elisabeth MELANSON was born 22 November 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1715 Birth of Child
Marguerite MELANSON was born 22 November 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1715 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise BOURG died 15 December 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
marriage1719 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise MELANSON and Marguerite COMEAU 3 January 1719, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1720 Birth of Child
Anne MELANSON was born 17 April 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1723 Birth of Child
Cecile MELANSON was born 28 June 1723, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1725 Birth of Child
Francoise MELANSON was born 14 January 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1727 Birth of Child
Pierre Ambroise MELANSON was born 9 May 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1729 Birth of Child
Jean MELANSON was born 30 April 1729, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1731 Birth of Child
Brigitte MELANSON was born 15 March 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1733 Death of Child
Marie MELANSON died 28 October 1733, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
marriage1733 Marriage of Child
Ambroise MELANCON married 26 November 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Anne HEBERT
1734 Birth of Child
Modeste MELANSON was born 29 March 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
marriage1734 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth MELANSON married 14 October 1734, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Olivier THIBODEAU
marriage1735 Marriage of Child
Madeleine MELANSON married 31 January 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit GRAND PIERRE
1736 Birth of Child
Marguerite MELANSON was born 20 September 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1738 Birth of Child
Marie Françoise MELANSON was born 20 September 1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1739 Birth of Child
Desire MELANSON was born 25 June 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1741 Birth of Child
Amand MELANSON was born 2 May 1741, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite MELANSON was born 7 April 1745, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
marriage1747 Marriage of Child
Francoise MELANSON married 18 January 1747, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Yves Dit Evan THIBAULT
death1757 Death
7 August 1757
Québec, Canada, New France
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