Marguerite MELANSON

(b. 20 September 1736 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 8 September 1780 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite MELANSON was born 20 September 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite MELANSON was the child of Ambroise MELANSON and Marguerite COMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS (maternal) Jean COMEAU and Françoise HÉBERT

Marguerite 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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Marguerite married Anselme BASTARACHE abt. 1756 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Anselme BASTARACHE was born 2 October 1729 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anselme died abt. 1770 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Anselme was the child of Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD.

Marguerite MELANSON died 8 September 1780 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Bastarache Anselme
m. Morisset Francois

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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 Marguerite MELANSON

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Marguerite MELANSON married

Anselme BASTARACHE-- Date: abt. 1756 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Anselme BASTARACHE was the child of Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD

Children of Anselme BASTARACHE and Marguerite MELANSON:

Marie BASTARACHE (b.5 January 1760, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Marguerite BASTARACHE (b.30 April 1762, Yamachiche, Canada d. July 1763, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

Joseph-Charles BASTARACHE (b.5 May 1764, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1766, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE (b.November 1766, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 October 1826, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RIVARD 9 November 1789 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph BASTARACHE (b.10 April 1770, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1823, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise LESIEUR 4 May 1789 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1736 Birth
20 September 1736
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1760 Birth of Child
Marie BASTARACHE was born 5 January 1760, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BASTARACHE was born 30 April 1762, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite was 25 years old.

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.

1763 Death of Child
Marie-Marguerite BASTARACHE died July 1763, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite was 26 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Joseph-Charles BASTARACHE was born 5 May 1764, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE was born November 1766, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Joseph BASTARACHE was born 10 April 1770, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marguerite was 33 years old.

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.