Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Pierre Ambroise  MELANSON

  (b. 9 May 1727 Port Royal, Acadia   d. April 1804 Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Pierre Ambroise MELANSON was born 9 May 1727 in Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre Ambroise MELANSON was the child of Ambroise MELANSON   and   Marguerite COMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles MELANSON dit LAVERDURE and Marie DUGAS (maternal)  Jean COMEAU and Françoise HÉBERT

Pierre Ambroise was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


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

Pierre Ambroise  married  Anne Marie MELANSON abt. 1758 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Anne Marie MELANSON  was born abt. 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Anne Marie died September 1811 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook).  Anne Marie was the child of Charles MELANSON and Anne GRANGER.

Pierre Ambroise MELANSON died April 1804 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Family and Children of Pierre Ambroise MELANSON

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Pierre Ambroise MELANSON married flag female ancestor Anne Marie MELANSON-- Date: abt. 1758 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne Marie MELANSON was the child of Charles MELANSON and Anne GRANGER




Children of Pierre Ambroise MELANSON and Anne Marie MELANSON:

flag female ancestor Anne MELANSON (b.abt. 1759, Anse des LeBlanc, Acadia, Canada  d. , )
m. Charles LEBLANC 1780

flag male ancestor Joseph Francois MELANSON (b.27 June 1770, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  d. abt. 1842, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Magdeleine BELLIVEAU 24 November 1796 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

flag female ancestor Nathalie MELANSON (b.23 December 1773, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada   d. , )
m. Charles Dit Lescate THERIAULT 1792

flag female ancestor Rosalie MELANSON (b.abt. 1780, , Nova Scotia, Canada  d. , )
m. Joseph LEBLANC 14 January 1800 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)



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birth1727 Birth
9 May 1727
Port Royal, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
1770 Birth of Child
Joseph Francois MELANSON was born 27 June 1770, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pierre Ambroise was 43 years old.
1773 Birth of Child
Nathalie MELANSON was born 23 December 1773, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Pierre Ambroise was 46 years old.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1796 Marriage of Child
Joseph Francois MELANSON married 24 November 1796, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook) to Magdeleine BELLIVEAU
marriage1800 Marriage of Child
Rosalie MELANSON married 14 January 1800, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook) to Joseph LEBLANC
death1804 Death
April 1804
Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

He died at the age of 76.
Added: 3/27/2017 2:23:41 PM - Updated: 12/16/2025 11:01:18 PM

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