Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Born

21 December 1727 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

14 November 1785 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean Baptiste married Anne ROBICHAUD abt. 1750 in Port Royal, Acadia .
Anne ROBICHAUD was born May 1729 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne died 18 January 1783 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Anne was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD L'AINÉ and Angelique PITRE .

Parents & Family of Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Parents of Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Father

Claude MELANSON

Mother

Marguerite BABINEAU

Grandparents of Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Paternal grandparents

Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE Marie DUGAS

Maternal grandparents

Jean BABINEAU Marguerite BOUDROT

Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean Baptiste MELANSON

Jean Baptiste MELANSON married

Anne ROBICHAUD
Marriage date: abt. 1750
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne ROBICHAUD was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD L'AINÉ and Angelique PITRE

Children of Jean Baptiste MELANSON and Anne ROBICHAUD

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1727
21 December 1727
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.