Person:Jean Melanson (5)

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1159; own copy. #(17): Jean was on the 1763 list of passengers from Southampton to France; on 1763 list of arrivals at St-Malo, age 59 years (sic). He was on the 1765 census at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, age 56 years.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-EDUCATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: "The Acadians of Belle-Isle-en-Mer," in NEW ORLEANS GENESIS; 1630-1767; vol. XXXIII, no. 131 (Jul 1994); p. 285; Santa Cruz [CA] Genealogical Society, Public Library; submitted by Jerome Lepre. He gave statement on 15 Feb 1767. He could not sign his name to his declaration.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-DEATH-BURIAL: Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie, p. 1268 (Grand Pré). He married at Saint-Charles-des-Mines. Deported to Bristol, England, where his wife died, he was buried at Locmaria, Belle-Isle-en-Mer, France.

!MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1978; p. 2; Sutro, [CA] State Library, F377 B3 C3 V.1; contains the 3 registers of the church of St. Charles-aux [des]-Mines, Grand Pré, that were carried into exile by Acadians to St. Gabriel d'Iberville, LA. Cecile [AUCOIN], age 24, daughter of Martin & Catherine TERIOT, married on 22 Oct 1732 (3rd degree relationship) [sic?] to Jean MELANCON, age 22, son of Ambroise, deceased & Francoise BOURG of Port Royal. Recorded in (SGA-2, 208).

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 615, family #709; own copy.

!BIRTH-RESIDENCES: Jean-Marie Fonteneau, LES ACADIENS, CITOYENS DE L'ATLANTIQUE; 1500-1785; Rennes, Editions Ouest-France, 1996; p. 90; own copy; on the 1730 census of Acadia, later found at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. Jean MÉLANSON, born 14 Sep 1710 [sic] at Port-Royal.

1. ↑ Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder. Acadians in France, The vol. II. (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972)
   p. 31.

   On his own declaration at Cosquet, parish of Locmaria, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, dated 15 Feb 1767, Jean MELANCON declared that he was born at Port Royal on 14 Sep 1710, son of Ambroise MELANCON & Francoise BOURG.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   p. 243.

   (Register Port Royal).

3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1159.

   Jean(-Baptiste) was privately baptized by Nicolas BABINEAU. Sponsors: Charles MELANSON & Renée BOURG.

4. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1159.

   Jean died (Locmaria Register) on 11 Apr 1782, age 73 years.

5. ↑ The Acadian exiles in Saint Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), 1758-1785
   v 3, pg 1118.
6. ↑ White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Premiére Partie, 1636 à 1714
   pg 1159. (Rg PR).
7. ↑ White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Premiére Partie, 1636 à 1714
   pg 1159. (Rg Locmaria).
8. ↑ Rieder. The Acadians in France, Volume II: La Rochette Papers
   vol 2, pg 96.
9. ↑ 73 years old
10. ↑ pr & mr: Charles Melanson and Renee Bourg
11. ↑ disembarked at St Malo from royal frigate La Dorothee from Bristol, England.