Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE

Born

abt. 1632 , Scotland

Died

abt. 1720 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Pierre married Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT was born abt. 1650 in France. Marguerite was the child of Philippe MIUS D'ENTREMONT and Madeleine ELIE .

Parents & Family of Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE

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Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

son of Pierre Laverdure and Priscilla Melançon

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE

Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE married

Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT
Marriage date: abt. 1665
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT was the child of Philippe MIUS D'ENTREMONT and Madeleine ELIE

Children of Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE and Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT

Philippe MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1666, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 24 June 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Catherine Marie DUGAS 1695 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Cecile MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1668, , Acadia, Canada
Died: June 1753, Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Married: Jean LANDRY 1687 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1670, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: abt. 1752, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Marie Rosalie BLANCHARD 1695 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1676, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 15 July 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Alexandre BOURG dit BELLE-HUMEUR 1694 Place: , Acadia, Canada

Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 12 December 1718, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Pierre-Alain BUJOLD (BUGEAUD) 1695 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: René LEBLANC 30 July 1709 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1681, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite DUGAS 11 January 1701 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: 13 May 1684, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: abt. 1714, Pisiquit, Acadia

Married: Germain LANDRY 1694 Place: , Acadia, Canada

Pierre Paul MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Born: abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Catherine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 8 November 1712 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1684 Birth of Child
Marie Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) was born 13 May 1684, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

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

1701 Marriage of Child
Jean MELANÇON (MELANSON) married 11 January 1701, Port Royal, Acadia to Marguerite DUGAS

1709 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) married 30 July 1709, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia to René LEBLANC

1712 Marriage of Child
Pierre Paul MELANÇON (MELANSON) married 8 November 1712, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia to Marie Catherine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

1718 Death of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) died 12 December 1718, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Death

Pierre Melanson dit La Verdure, fils, the son-in-law of the old seigneur of Pobomcoup, and the pioneer of Grand-Pré, died at Minas after the 1714 census, probably in his early 80s...

Roger dit Jean Caissie died probably at Chignecto perhaps in the mid-or late 1710s, in his late 60s; he, along with Pierre Melanson, were the last of the family progenitors counted in the first census to return to our ancestors.

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