Pierre MELANSON

(b. 11 December 1715 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 24 December 1783 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre MELANSON was born 11 December 1715 in Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre MELANSON was the child of Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS (maternal) Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER and Marie LANDRY

Pierre 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):

Pierre married Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD 12 January 1751 in Port Royal, Acadia . Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD was born 14 April 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Elizabeth-Isabelle was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Marguerite ROBICHAUD.

Pierre MELANSON died 24 December 1783 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Richard Elizabeth-Isabelle

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre MELANSON married

Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD-- Date: 12 January 1751 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Marguerite ROBICHAUD

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1715 Birth
11 December 1715
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1751 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MELANSON and Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD 12 January 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 35 years old.

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

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.

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.