Joseph MELANCON

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9 December 1733 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 November 1803 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

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Charles MELANSON Anne GRANGER

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Born: 9 December 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Charles MELANSON

Mother: Anne GRANGER

Paternal grandparents: Charles MELANSON , Anne Jeanne BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Claude GRANGER , Jeanne GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

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Joseph married Marie COTE abt. 1766 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie COTE was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 1 June 1817 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Marie was the child of Nicolas CÔTÉ and Marie-Claude LEVASSEUR.

Joseph MELANCON died 19 November 1803 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada .
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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.

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Marie COTE
Marriage date: abt. 1766
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie COTE was the child of Nicolas CÔTÉ and Marie-Claude LEVASSEUR

Children of Joseph MELANCON and Marie COTE

Jean MELANCON

Born: abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite OUELLET 8 October 1798 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Madeleine MELANCON

Born: abt. 1769, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 July 1837, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Married: Andre OUELLET 23 July 1804 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Cecile MELANCON

Born: abt. 1773, , Canada
Died: 26 November 1815, Cacouna, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph OUELLET 4 July 1800 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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Birth — 1733
9 December 1733
Port Royal, Acadia

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.