THE
MELANSON FAMILY
Father:
Jean
dit Jani Melanson [Charles
dit La Ramée] [Pierre Laverdure] Note:
Most of this family was deported to Cherbourg, France in 1755. Mother:
Marie-Magdeleine Petitot dit Sainte-Seine (Denis & Marie Robichaud) 4th
Generation Children:
1. Marie Melanson:
b. Sept. 1, 1714, Port Royal, Nova Scotia; d. aft Sept. 6, 1772 (SW). Married:
Nov. 7, 1735, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, to Pierre Breau: (Jean &
Anne Chaisson) b. Apr 28, 1712, Port Royal, Nova Scotia. Children:
Marie-Josèphe, Marguerite, Pierre-David, Anne, Pierre, Joseph and Jean.
2. Anne Melanson:
b. June 27, 1716, Port Royal, Nova Scotia; d. Nov. 7, 1774 (SW), France. Married:
Feb. 3, 1761, Cherbourg, France, to Eustache Part: (Pierre &
Jeanne Dugas) b. abt 1722, Port Orleans, Nova Scotia. Note:
Eustache was the widower of Anastasie dit Bellefontaine die Beausejour Godin. Children:
No data. 3.
Magdeleine Melanson: b. Sept. 24, 1718, Port Royal, Nova
Scotia; d. aft 1767, Cherbourg, France. Married:
Jan. 23, 1740/41, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, to Jean Granger: (Laurent
& Marie Bourg) b. Oct 2, 1716, Port Royal, Nova Scotia; d. May 28, 1785, Chatenay,
France. Children:
Jacques (Jean), Marie-Josèphe, Joseph, Marguerite, Anne and Louis.
4. Marguerite Melançon:
b. Apr. 7, 1722, Port Royal, Nova Scotia; d. Oct. 12, 1808, Nicolet, Québec. Married:
Jan. 23, 1740/41, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, to Jean-Baptiste Belliveau:
(Antoine & Marie Thériot) b. Nova Scotia. Children:
Joseph and Charles. 5.
Charles dit Charlot Melanson: b. Jan. 19, 1725, Port Royal
(Rg), Nova Scotia; d. abt 1800, Memramcook, New Brunswick. Note:
Was a prisoner with his family at Fort Beausejour, Nova Scotia in 1763. Married:
Jan. 17, 1746, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, to Anne Breau: (Jean &
Anne Chaisson) b. Apr 15, 1720, Port Royal, Nova
Scotia. Children:
Anne, Jean, Isabelle, Charles dit Charlitte, Pierre dit Pierrotte and Marie-Thecle.
6. Claude Melanson:
b. abt 1727, Nova Scotia; d. May 8, 1760, Cherbourg, France.
7. Jean Melanson:
b. Jan. 9, 1728 (SW), Port Royal, Nova Scotia; d. aft 1767. Note:
Was baptised as "Jean-Baptiste" (SW). Married:
Oct. 9, 1753, Port Royal (SW), Nova Scotia, to Anne Landry: (Pierre
& Marguerite Muis d'Éntremont) b. abt 1718 (SW), Nova Scotia. Children:
8. Pierre Melanson:
b. June 18, 1730 (SW), Port Royal, Nova Scotia. No
further data. 9.
Denis Melanson: b. Apr. 28, 1733 (SW), Port Royal, Nova Scotia;
d. Aug 4, 1776, Chatenay (SW), France. Married:
Jan. 24, 1765 (SW), Cherbourg, France, to Jeanne-Françoise Langlois:
(Jean & Marie-Madeleine Coupex). Children:
No data. 10.
Isabelle Melanson: b. Sept. 10, 1735 (SW), Port Royal, Nova Scotia;
d. July 29, 1763 (SW), Cherbourg, France. |