Charles MELANSON

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abt. 1675 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 September 1757 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE Marie DUGAS

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Born: abt. 1675 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE

Mother: Marie DUGAS

Maternal grandparents: Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET , Marguerite DOUCET

Charles 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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Charles married Anne Jeanne BOURG abt. 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Anne Jeanne BOURG was born abt. 1684 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne Jeanne died 12 March 1750 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne Jeanne was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT.

Charles MELANSON died 19 September 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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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Charles MELANSON married

Anne Jeanne BOURG
Marriage date: abt. 1700
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne Jeanne BOURG was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT

Marriage notes:

Anne Bourg married Charles Melanson, son of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, circa 1700 at Port-Royal.

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 223.

Children of Charles MELANSON and Anne Jeanne BOURG

Charles MELANSON

Born: abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 14 August 1763, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Anne GRANGER 18 February 1727 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie MELANSON

Born: 4 August 1708, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Charles GODIN 18 August 1733 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean MELANSON

Born: 26 March 1712, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 15 May 1758, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie Josephe LANOUE 15 January 1742 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne MELANSON

Born: 20 October 1715, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 24 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph LANDRY 17 January 1735 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph MELANSON

Born: 17 November 1718, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 1 October 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre MELANSON

Born: abt. 1720, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Josephe GRANGER 1 February 1746 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude MELANSON

Born: 29 May 1731, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

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1686 Port Royal
Charles MELANSON 44, Marie DUGAS 38; children: Isabelle 13, Charles 11, Madeleine 9, Marie 7, Francoise 4, twins Pierre and Ambroise 10 month; 1 gun, 6 arpents, 20 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Charles MELANCON 46, Marie DUGAS 42, Charles 18, Madeleine 16, Marie 12, Francoise 10, Pierre & Ambroise (twins) 8, Claude 5, Jeanne 3; 20 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 pigs, 35 arpents, 4 guns

1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1698 Port Royal
Charles MELLANSON 57; Marie DUGAST (wife) 52; Charles 23; Marie 18; Ambroise and Pierre, twins, 13; Claude 11; Jean 8; Marguerite 5; 15 cattle, 9 sheep 9 hogs, 35 arpents, 76 fruit trees, 2 guns.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1708 Birth of Child
Marie MELANSON was born 4 August 1708, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1712 Birth of Child
Jean MELANSON was born 26 March 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Anne MELANSON was born 20 October 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1718 Birth of Child
Joseph MELANSON was born 17 November 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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

1727 Marriage of Child
Charles MELANSON married 18 February 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne GRANGER

1731 Birth of Child
Claude MELANSON was born 29 May 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1733 Marriage of Child
Marie MELANSON married 18 August 1733, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles GODIN

1735 Marriage of Child
Anne MELANSON married 17 January 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph LANDRY

1742 Marriage of Child
Jean MELANSON married 15 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe LANOUE

1746 Marriage of Child
Pierre MELANSON married 1 February 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe GRANGER