Claude MELANSON

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abt. 1688 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

30 June 1737 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE Marie DUGAS

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Born: abt. 1688 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE

Mother: Marie DUGAS

Maternal grandparents: Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET , Marguerite DOUCET

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Claude married Marguerite BABINEAU 22 January 1714 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite BABINEAU was born abt. 1695 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 13 December 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite was the child of Jean BABINEAU and Marguerite BOUDROT.

Claude MELANSON died 30 June 1737 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Claude MELANSON married

Marguerite BABINEAU
Marriage date: 22 January 1714
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite BABINEAU was the child of Jean BABINEAU and Marguerite BOUDROT

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Marguerite Babineau married Claude Melanson, son of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, on 22 January 1714 at Port Royal.

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Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, p66.

On 22 January 1713 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Marguerite married Claude Melanson, the son of Charles and Marie (Dugas) Melanson of Port Royal.

Madden, Betty Lou. Ancestors of Exzelia Elizabeth Boudreau and Branch Lines of Boudreau, Senezaque, Senet and Menard Ancestors. volume I. Hasings, Nebraska: The Cornhusker Press, 1968.

Children of Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU

Charles MELANSON

Born: 2 September 1718, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 31 December 1757, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Married: Anne BOURG 14 May 1753 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite MELANSON

Born: 21 October 1721, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 5 September 1808, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Married: Simon BERIER dit MÂCHEFER 1743

Marie Josephe MELANSON

Born: abt. 1725, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 14 April 1747, , Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Born: 21 December 1727, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 14 November 1785, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Anne ROBICHAUD 1750 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Anne MELANSON

Born: 26 March 1731, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 7 January 1804, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre SAVOIE 27 July 1761 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Madeleine MELANSON

Born: 3 July 1735, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 11 June 1803, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph DUGAS 1758

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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

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

1714 Marriage / Partner
Claude MELANSON and Marguerite BABINEAU 22 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France