Person:Joseph Melanson (1)

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 168; own copy. Joseph MELANSON, head of family of 11 persons on the 1763 census of Annapolis, MD, with wife Marguerite [HEBERT] and nine others: Marie; Anne; Baptiste; Magdelaine; Marie Josephe; Marguerite; Rose; Genevieve; Pierre.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1266 (Grand Pré); own copy. Joseph MELANSON, born 1716, son of Pierre & Marie BLANCHARD, married 1st at St. Charles-des-Mines on 20 Jan 1738 to Madeleine HE'BERT, daughter of Jacques & Marguerite LANDRY; five children. He married 2nd there on 19 Aug 1748 to Marguerite HE'BERT, daughter of Germain & Anne CAISSY.

!MARRIAGES: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1978; p. 111; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.1; Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of iberville, LA; also records of St. Francis of Point Coupee 1727-1769. Two entries: Joseph [MELANCON], age 22, son of Pierre & Marie BLANCHART [sic], married on 20 Jan 1738 (4th degree consanguinity) to Magdeleine HEBERT, age 20, daughter of Jacques & Marguerite LANDRY. Recorded at (SGA-2, 185).

  Also: Joseph [MELANCON], age 32, son of Pierre & Marie BLANCHARD, married on 19 Aug 1748 (3rd degree relationship) to Marguerite HEBERT, daughter of Germain & Anne QUESSY. Recorded at (SGA-3, 52a).

!MARRIAGE: FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW; 1601-1750; vol. II, no. 4 (winter 1969); p. 240; California State Library Sutro. Joseph MELANSON, son of Pierre & Marie BLANCHARD, married at Grand-Pré on 20 Jan 1738 to Madeleine HE'BERT. The next entry shows his brother Jean [sic] married on 19 Aug 1748 there to Marguerite HE'BERT.

BURIAL: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; p. 535; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.2. [Not this Joseph, who probably remained in Maryland.] Josef [MELANCON], age 70 years, born and baptized in St. Charles Parish, Acadia, buried on 29 Dec 1786 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Iberville, LA (SGA-8, 6, #22).

!MARRIAGE: D'Entremont "New Findings", FCAGR (Winter 1969), p. 240, to Marguerite HE'BERT on 19 AUG 1748 at Grand Pré. [Check name. Was this really his brother Joseph's 2nd marriage?]

!MARRIAGE: FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW; 1601-1750; vol. II, no. 4 (winter 1969); p. 240; California State Library Sutro. Jean MELANSON, son of Pierre & Marie BLANCHARD, married at Grand-Pré on 19 Aug 1748 to Marguerite HE'BERT. [His brother Joseph is listed just above married on 20 Jan 1738 [sic] to Madeleine HE'BERT.]

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1154.

   Joseph born at St-Charles in Acadia around 1716.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1154.

   Joseph was buried (St-Gabriel of Iberville Register) on 29 Dec 1786, age 70 years.

3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1154.
4. ↑ Gregory A. Wood. French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800, The. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978)
   pp. 187-188.

   MELANSON, Joseph, Margte. his wife, Marie MELANSON, Anne MELANSON, Bte. MELANSON, Magdne. MELANSON, Marie Joseph MELANSON [these last 2 from 1st marriage?], Margte. MELANSON, Rose MELANSON, Genevieve MELANSON, Pierre MELANSON.