Françoise MELANSON

(b. abt. 1682 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 11 June 1720 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Françoise MELANSON was born abt. 1682 in Port Royal, Acadia

Françoise MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET

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Françoise married Jean CYR abt. 1698 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Jean CYR was born abt. 1671 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean died 20 June 1720 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Jean was the child of Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS.

Françoise MELANSON died 11 June 1720 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Françoise MELANSON married

Jean CYR-- Date: abt. 1698 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Jean CYR was the child of Pierre CYR and Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS

About 1698 Françoise, married Jean Cyr, son of Pierre Cyr and Marie Bourgeois, in Acadia, Canada

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

Children of Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON:

Marie Anne CYR (b.abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada d. , , Acadia, Canada )
m. Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL 22 November 1718 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Paul Pierre CYR (b.abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1745, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Agnes CORMIER 1725 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Michel CYR (b.abt. 1705, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Marguerite CYR (b.abt. 1706, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 26 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre CORMIER 1721 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Anne CYR (b.abt. 1706, , Acadia, Canada d. 30 March 1774, , France)
m. François CORMIER 1730 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Francois ARSENAULT dit BRELE 7 February 1746 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean CYR dit CROC (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. 1 May 1785, Kingsclear, Crocks Point, York County, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marguerite CORMIER 26 January 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Françoise CYR (b.abt. 1713, , Acadia, Canada d. 10 June 1783, , Canada)
m. Joseph CORMIER 24 November 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Louis Joseph CYR (b.18 December 1718, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Marie Josephe CORMIER 1739 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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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)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne CYR married 22 November 1718, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL