Marie Josephe MELANSON

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6 December 1713 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 October 1793 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Pierre MELANSON Anne GRANGER

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Born: 6 December 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre MELANSON

Mother: Anne GRANGER

Paternal grandparents: Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE , Marie DUGAS

Maternal grandparents: Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER , Marie LANDRY

Marie Josephe was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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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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Marie Josephe MELANSON married

Claude DUGAS
Marriage date: 29 MAY 1731
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Claude DUGAS was the child of Abraham DUGAS and Madeleine Marie LANDRY

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Famille Dugas.

Claude Dugas, naquit à Port-Royal, le 14 janvier 1710; il était le fils d'Abraham Dugas et de Madeleine Landry. Il s'était marié à Annapolis Royal le 29 mai 1731 avec Josephte Melançon; il mourut le 3 septembre 1792, et sa femme, le 19 octobre 1793, à St. Jacques l'Achigan, Co. de Montcalm, P. Q.

De leur union, naquit plusieurs enfants: Marie, le 21 aôut 1732, à Annapolis Royal; Osethe, le 18 décembre 1734, et se maria à Chas. Belliveau, le 20 janvier 1755, à Annapolis. Les deux époux et leurs enfants étaient à Sturbridge, en mai 1757; la mère mourut à St. Jacques le 20 janvier 1820.

Marguerite est née le 21 juillet 1737, et elle épousa en 1766, dans

la Nouvelle Angleterre, Armand Bourgeois; elle aussi mourut

à St. Jacques l'Achigan. Madeleine, naquit le 16 novembre 1739; elle était infirme, et elle épousa dans nos parages, Joseph Leblanc, et mourut dans la même paroisse que les autres. Charles, vit le jour le 24 janvier 1743.

Cécile, qui était idiote, naquit le 30 janvier 1746, et mourut sans

avoir contracté mariage, le 9 juillet 1825 à St. Jacques. Anne, née le 16 avril 1749, épousa Joseph Richard, le 4 février 1771 et mourut le 4 novembre 1828 au Canada. Félécité, née le 26 février 1752, epousa François Forest, le 21 octobre 1771, et mourut le 21 mars 1787 à St. Jacques. Daniel, naquit à Sturbridge, Mass., 6 octobre 1760, épousa le 13 août 1782, M. Louise Vaillant de l'Assomption, P. Q., et

mourut le 4 juin 1838, à St. Jacques. Joseph, naquit en 1755 à Annapolis Royal et il épousa le 8 janvier 1776, Marie Madeleine Vaillant et mourut au même endroit que les autres.

Source:

Title Histoire des Franco-Américains de Southbridge Massachusetts

Author Félix Gatineau

Publisher Lakeview press, 1919

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Dec 27, 2007

Length 253 pages

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949

groom's name: Claude Dugas

groom's birth date: 1709

groom's birthplace:

groom's age: 22

bride's name: Marie Melenson

bride's birth date: 1713

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 18

marriage date: 29 May 1731

marriage place: Grand Seurete De Saint Poney De Lavernede, Saint Jean Baptiste, Du Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, Digby, Nova Scotia

groom's father's name: Ambraham Dugas

groom's mother's name:

bride's father's name: Pierre Melenson

bride's mother's name: Anne Granger

groom's race:

groom's marital status: Unknown

groom's previous wife's name:

bride's race:

bride's marital status: Unknown

bride's previous husband's name:

indexing project (batch) number: M53406-2

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1320000

reference number: p 87

source: familysearch.org

Children of Claude DUGAS and Marie Josephe MELANSON

Marie DUGAS

Born: 21 August 1732, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Osithe Marie DUGAS

Born: 18 December 1734, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 20 January 1820, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Charles BELIVEAU 20 July 1755 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite DUGAS

Born: 21 July 1737, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 4 July 1820, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Armand (Amand) BOURGEOIS 1766 Place: , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Madeleine DUGAS

Born: 16 November 1739, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 4 August 1790, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph LEBLANC 6 July 1767 Place: , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Charles DUGAS

Born: 24 January 1743, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1817, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Sarah CHUBB 14 May 1767 Place: Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Cecile Marie DUGAS

Born: 30 January 1746, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 9 July 1825, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Anne DUGAS

Born: 16 April 1749, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 21 March 1787, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph Theotime RICHARD 4 February 1771 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Felicite DUGAS

Born: 26 February 1752, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 19 March 1787, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Francois FOREST 21 October 1771 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph DUGAS

Born: abt. 1753, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 21 July 1843, Saint-Jacques, Canada East

Married: Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT 8 January 1776 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean Evangeliste Daniel DUGAS

Born: 6 October 1760, Sturbridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 4 June 1838, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Louise VAILLANT 13 August 1782 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1713
6 December 1713
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe MELANSON and Claude DUGAS 29 MAY 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 17 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marie DUGAS was born 21 August 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 18 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Osithe Marie DUGAS was born 18 December 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 21 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUGAS was born 21 July 1737, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 23 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Madeleine DUGAS was born 16 November 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 25 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Charles DUGAS was born 24 January 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 29 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Cecile Marie DUGAS was born 30 January 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 32 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Anne DUGAS was born 16 April 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 35 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Felicite DUGAS was born 26 February 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe was 38 years old.

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

1755 - Exile in Massachusetts
'Claude Dugas and his wife received an order to live in Sturbridge, but their children would be separated from them; Marguerite, Madeleine and Felecite were sent to Oxford. The two other daughters; Elizabeth (Cecile) and Hannah (Anne) were sent to Dudley, while the two sons, Charles and Joseph, left for Charlton. Charles Belliveau (Claude's son-in law) and his wife and their young children received an order to go to Leicester, but the second child was sent to Spencer. In the spring or summer of 1767, however despite anguish and misfortune, Claude Dugas succeeded in reaching the Province of Quebec with the whole family, except for Charles.'
History of the Franco-Americans of Southbridge, by Felix Gatineau, translated by Elizabeth Blood

1755 Marriage of Child
Osithe Marie DUGAS married 20 July 1755, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles BELIVEAU

1760 Birth of Child
Jean Evangeliste Daniel DUGAS was born 6 October 1760, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Marie Josephe was 46 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Charles DUGAS married 14 May 1767, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) to Sarah CHUBB

1767 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DUGAS married 6 July 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies) to Joseph LEBLANC

1771 Marriage of Child
Anne DUGAS married 4 February 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Joseph Theotime RICHARD

1771 Marriage of Child
Felicite DUGAS married 21 October 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Francois FOREST

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Joseph DUGAS married 8 January 1776, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT

1782 Marriage of Child
Jean Evangeliste Daniel DUGAS married 13 August 1782, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Louise VAILLANT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Death of Child
Felicite DUGAS died 19 March 1787, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie Josephe was 73 years old.

1787 Death of Child
Anne DUGAS died 21 March 1787, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie Josephe was 73 years old.

1790 Death of Child
Madeleine DUGAS died 4 August 1790, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie Josephe was 76 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude DUGAS died 3 September 1792, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Death — 1793
19 October 1793
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 79.

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