Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marie Josephe  MELANSON

  (b. 6 December 1713 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 19 October 1793 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Marie Josephe MELANSON was born 6 December 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Josephe 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

Marie Josephe 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):

Marie Josephe  married  Claude DUGAS 29 MAY 1731 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Claude DUGAS  was born 14 January 1710 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Claude died 3 September 1792 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Claude was the child of Abraham DUGAS and Madeleine Marie LANDRY.

Marie Josephe MELANSON died 19 October 1793 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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