Follow us on Instagram      Subscribe to our Youtube channel      Visit Our Store Visit Our Old Newspaper and Genealogy Blog Visit Our Life Blog

Acadian Expulsion


Starting in 1755, about 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their colonies. The British military ordered the Acadians' communities to be destroyed and homes and barns were burned down. The people were dispersed among the 13 American colonies, but many refused them and sent them on to Europe. Families were torn apart and many lost everything they owned.

As a result of the deportation and the subsequent migrations, the Acadians ended up in the New England States and all along the eastern seaboard, as far south as Georgia. Many were put in jail, and many died at sea. Others ran away to Quebec, hid with the Mi'kmaqs in Nova Scotia, or went to present-day New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island.

Source:www.cbc.ca/ acadian/ timeline.html

Approximately 6,000 Acadians were deported from mainland Nova Scotia in 1755 and several hundred more after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758. If they were not demolished or burned by British troops, churches and chapels gradually disappeared from the landscape,. In some cases, accidental discoveries or archaeological digs have revealed the location of former parish cemeteries. Saint-Charles-des-Mines cemetery, for example, is located in Grand-Pré National Historic Site, although the exact dimensions are still not known. In the year 2000, when excavation work was being done for a housing development in Falmouth (formerly Pisiquid), several graves belonging to the old Sainte-Famille parish cemetery were unearthed by chance.

Of that 6,000+, approximately 1,500 were deported to Virginia, 450 were deported to Pennsylvania, 2,000 were sent to Massachusetts, 1,027 bound for South Carolina (some stayed in Boston), 900 were sent to Connecticut, 250 to Maryland and 450 to Georgia.
There is no proof that the Acadians who lived in Port-Royal, Grand-Pré or elsewhere, used stone monuments to mark their graves. The same is true with regard to the thousands of French men and women who inhabited the fortress town of Louisbourg on Isle Royale (known today as Cape Breton Island) in the 18th century. A 1686 map of Port-Royal provides the only known visual representation of a 17th century Acadian church and cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence which served to keep animals out and to delineate the sacred ground. Inside the fence, one can see seven small wooden crosses and a central cross mounted on a base of stones. Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses.

Source: http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-333/Acadian_Cemeteries_in_Nova_Scotia.html#1

These ancestors were likely a part of the Grand Derangement which took place in 1755. NOTE: This is not a complete list. As we find more, we will continue to add them.

Acadian Surnames at the Time of Deportation, 1755:


Allain, Allard, Amirau, Arostegny, Arsenault, Aubin, Aucoin, Babin, Babineau, Baguette, Baptiste, Barrios, Barnabe, Bastarache, Beaudoin, Beaulieu, Beaumont, Beauregard, Bellefontaine, Bellineau, Belliveau, Benoit, Bergeron, Bernard, Berthelot, Bertrand, Bideau, Bisson, Blanchard, Blondin, Blou, Bodart, Boisseau, Bodin, Bonneville, Bonvillain, Bourque, Bouche, Boudrot, Bourg, Bourgeois, Boutin, Boye, Brasseaux, Breau, Broussard, Brun, Bugeau, Cadet, Cahouet, Cailler, Carre, Cathary, Celestin, Chamagne, Chauvert, Chiasson, Clmenceau, Cochu, Colars, Comeau, Cormier, Caperon, Cotard, Coussan, Crosse, Daigle, Darbone, Darois, David, De Bellisle, De Foret, De La Tou, Denis, D’Entremont, Deraye, De Saulniers, Deslauriers, Deveau, Donat, Douaron, Doucet, Druce, Dubois, Dubreuil, Dugas, Duon, Dumont, Dupont, Dupuis, Durocher, Emmanuel, Estevin, Fardel, Forest, Foret, Galant, Garreau, Garso, Gaudet, Gauthereau, Gentil, Giasson, Gicheau, Gilbert, Girouard, Godin, Goudeau, Gousille, Granger, Gravois, Gros, Guerin, Guidry, Guilbeau, Guillot, Hache, Hamon, Hebert, Henry, Heon, Herpin, Houel, Hugon, Jasmin, Jeansonne, Kuessy, Labarre, Labasque, Labauve, Lacroix. Lafont, Lagosse, Lalonde, Laliberte, Lamarquis, Lambert, Lamontagne, Landry, Langlois, Lanoue, Languepee, Laperriere, Lapierre, Lariche, Laurier, Laurent, Lavallee, Lavergne, Lavoye, LeBlanc, Lebreton, Lefranc, Leger, Lejeune, Lemaistre, Leonard, Leprince, Lesperance, Lessoile, Levron, Lort, Lounais, Maillard, Maillet, Maisonnat, Marceau, Martel, Martin, Mathieu, Maurice, Mayer, Melanson, Mercier, Michel, Mignault, Mirande, Mire, Monnier, Morvant, Morin, Mouton, Moyse, Nuirat, Ondy, Olivier, Parisien, Pellerin, Perinne, Petitpas, Pinet, Pitre, Poirier, Poitier, Pothier. Prejean, Primeau, Prince, Provencal, Raymond, Rembaud, Richard, Rivet, Robichaud, Rosette, Roy, Saint-Scene, Saint-Martin, Samson, Saulnier, Sauvage, Savary, Savoye, Sendou, Simon, Sire, Surette, Surot, Theriot, Thibeau, Thibodeau, Tournageau, Toussain, Trahan, Usez, Veco, Vigneau, Villatte, Vincent, Voyer, Yvon
Source: umaine.edu
M
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre MELANCON (1735, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 7 September 1763, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre))
(Ambroise MELANCON & Anne HEBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Alexandre MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1717, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1768, Snow HIll, Maryland, USA)
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON) (11 December 1717, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(Pierre Paul MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Catherine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Benoni MELANÇON (MELANSON) (16 August 1720, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (South Lancaster))
(Pierre Paul MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Catherine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Cecile MELANCON (MELANSON) (1721, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1763, , Maryland, USA)
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Etienne MELANÇON (MELANSON) (11 July 1724, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1786, , France)
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jacques MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1718, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1763, Snowhill, Maryland, USA)
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1707, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Antoine MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1733, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 14 March 1816, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup))
(Pierre Paul MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Catherine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) (28 February 1735, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Rosalie BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1697, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - March 1758, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA)
(Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Rosalie BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1697, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 30 April 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Catherine Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite Josephe MELANÇON (MELANSON) (6 November 1718, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 29 December 1811, Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
(Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Catherine Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie MELANÇON (MELANSON) (1699, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1756, , England (United Kingdom))
(Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Catherine Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephe MELANÇON (MELANSON) (8 January 1713, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1767, , Maryland, USA)
(Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Ambroise MELANSON (1686, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 7 August 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne MELANSON (20 October 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 24 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON & Anne Jeanne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne MELANSON (1716, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Jean MELANSON & Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne MELANSON (24 October 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 25 June 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Pierre MELANSON & Anne GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne MELANSON (30 January 1747, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 5 January 1824, Barachois, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Charles MELANSON & Anne BRAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Cecile MELANSON (1704, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 July 1763, )
(Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Rosalie BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Cecile MELANSON (28 June 1723, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 15 January 1796, Nantes, France)
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles MELANSON (1675, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 19 September 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles MELANSON (2 September 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 31 December 1757, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada )
(Claude MELANSON & Marguerite BABINEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Claude MELANSON (2 December 1748, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 19 May 1816, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Charles MELANSON & Anne GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  David MELANSON (1755, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1825, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Pierre MELANSON & Marie Josephe GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Dominique Pierre MELANSON (17 September 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 11 August 1813, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Pierre MELANSON & Marie Josephe GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Elisabeth MELANSON (22 November 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 20 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Ambroise MELANSON & Françoise BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Françoise MELANSON (27 February 1709, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , , Louisiana, USA)
(Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Rosalie BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Francoise MELANSON (14 January 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 25 January 1801, Baie Ste-Marie, Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean MELANSON (1690, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 24 February 1760, Cherbourg, France)
(Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean MELANSON (26 March 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 15 May 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON & Anne Jeanne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean MELANSON (30 April 1729, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - October 1806, )
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean MELANSON (14 November 1748, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1783, Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Charles MELANSON & Anne BRAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste MELANSON (21 December 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 14 November 1785, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Claude MELANSON & Marguerite BABINEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph MELANSON (1716, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 29 December 1786, St-Gabriel-d'Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
(Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) & Marie Rosalie BLANCHARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph MELANSON (17 November 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1 October 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON & Anne Jeanne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph MELANSON (1721, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1786, St-Gabriel-d'Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine MELANSON (24 September 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 28 March 1803, Nantes, France)
(Jean MELANSON & Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine MELANSON (3 July 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 11 June 1803, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada)
(Claude MELANSON & Marguerite BABINEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite MELANSON (1693, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 12 February 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite MELANSON (21 October 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 5 September 1808, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada)
(Claude MELANSON & Marguerite BABINEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite MELANSON (7 April 1722, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 9 October 1808, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Jean MELANSON & Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite MELANSON (20 September 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 8 September 1780, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne MELANSON (26 March 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 7 January 1804, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada)
(Claude MELANSON & Marguerite BABINEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Françoise MELANSON (20 September 1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1795, , Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephe MELANSON (6 December 1713, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 19 October 1793, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Pierre MELANSON & Anne GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre MELANSON (11 December 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 24 December 1783, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Pierre MELANSON & Anne GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre MELANSON (9 May 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - April 1804, )
(Ambroise MELANSON & Marguerite COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jacques MICHEL (4 June 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 20 October 1764, Le Mirebalais, St Domingue, Haïti)
(Jacques MICHEL dit ST-MICHEL & Catherine COMEAU)

Page: 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45  

Buy it NOW!ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

Embrace your Acadian roots with this unique ceramic coffee mug! Featuring a bold caption, 'Ask me about my ancestors who were deported from Acadia in 1755,' this mug is perfect for sharing your rich family history. Whether you're enjoying your morning coffee or hosting a family reunion, this mug is sure to spark interesting conversations about your Acadian heritage and Acadian Deportation.