Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born

abt. 1697 , Acadia, Canada

Died

30 April 1769 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON)Catherine Marie DUGAS

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Born: abt. 1697 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Mother: Catherine Marie DUGAS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE , Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT

Maternal grandparents: Claude DUGAS , Françoise BOURGEOIS

Madeleine 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Jean LANDRY 22 January 1714 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jean LANDRY was born abt. 1696 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean was the child of Antoine LANDRY and Marie THIBODEAU.

Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) died 30 April 1769 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

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Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) married

Jean LANDRY
Marriage date: 22 January 1714
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jean LANDRY was the child of Antoine LANDRY and Marie THIBODEAU

Marriage notes:

About 1717 in Acadia, Canada, Jean married Madeleine Melanson, the daughter of Philippe and Marie (Dugas) Melanson.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume II. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Jean LANDRY and Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Antoine LANDRY

Born: 26 October 1720, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 28 December 1763, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Anne CORMIER 14 November 1740 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine LANDRY

Born: abt. 1722, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean Baptiste GRANGER 1740 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite LANDRY

Born: 27 January 1724, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Marie LANDRY

Born: 2 December 1726, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1756, , Crown Colony of Virginia

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC 8 November 1745 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY

Born: 3 June 1729, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 28 February 1801, Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Married: Charles TRAHAN 1749 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Dosithee LANDRY

Born: abt. 1730, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

René LANDRY

Born: abt. 1732, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 30 January 1786,

Married: Anne BENOIT 1752 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Joseph LANDRY

Born: 20 March 1733, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 21 March 1787, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Madeleine DOIRON 1755 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Paul LANDRY

Born: 30 March 1735, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Charles LANDRY

Born: 4 November 1737, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 5 March 1795, Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Married: Marie HEBERT 1767

Simon Pierre LANDRY

Born: 24 October 1739, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Anselme LANDRY

Born: 19 October 1741, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1714 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) and Jean LANDRY 22 January 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1720 Birth of Child
Antoine LANDRY was born 26 October 1720, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1724 Birth of Child
Marguerite LANDRY was born 27 January 1724, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1726 Birth of Child
Marie LANDRY was born 2 December 1726, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY was born 3 June 1729, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1733 Birth of Child
Joseph LANDRY was born 20 March 1733, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1735 Birth of Child
Paul LANDRY was born 30 March 1735, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1737 Birth of Child
Charles LANDRY was born 4 November 1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1739 Birth of Child
Simon Pierre LANDRY was born 24 October 1739, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1740 Marriage of Child
Antoine LANDRY married 14 November 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Anne CORMIER

1741 Birth of Child
Anselme LANDRY was born 19 October 1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1745 Marriage of Child
Marie LANDRY married 8 November 1745, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC

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.