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Facts and Events
| Name |
Philippe Melanson |
| Alt Name |
MELANCON _____ |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
Abt 1751 |
, , , Acadia |
| Census[3] |
1763 |
Snow Hill, Worcester, MD |
| Census[4] |
14 Sep 1769 |
Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana, United States |
| Death? |
Aft 14 Sep 1769 |
, , LA |
!PARENTS-CENSUS: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 172; own copy. Philippe MELANSON, not listed in the 1763 Snow Hill, MD census with parents and siblings. He is on the 1769/1770 census at Ascension Parish, LA, age 19 years.
!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; p. 6; own copy; Louisiana census records. Philippe MELANCON, age 19, oldest son [sic, her nephew?] of Marie THERIOT, the widow MELANCON, age 34, living with her and 5 children (and Bazile LANDRY) on the 1770 census of Ascension Parish [LA].
References
- ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
p. 243.
Son born before the census of 1755 [no given name].
- ↑ Bona Arsenault. Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens. (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.)
p. 1269 (Grand Pré).
Philippe MELANSON, son of Paul & Marie TERRIOT [sic], born around 1751.
- ↑ Gregory A. Wood. French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800, The. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978)
p. 199.
Philippe MELANSON, born around 1755, son [sic, possibly brother?] of Paul & Marie TERRIOT, not in the household with parents and four siblings on the 1763 census at Snow Hill, MD.
- ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796. (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973)
p. 481.
Paul MELANCON, age 39, with his wife Marie THÉRIOT, age 33, and four children, including son [sic, is this Paul's brother?] Philippe, age 19. The household has 7 persons, including Paul's brother-in-law Bazille LANDRY [½-brother of wife Marie], age 19. They live on 6 arpents of land, with 6 head of cattle, 1 horse, 26 pigs, and 1 musket.
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