Person:Etienne Melanson (1)

!BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGES: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1157; own copy. #(31): E'tienne was on the 1752 (LaRoque) census, age 30 years. On the 1766 census of St-Servan, age 43 years. He was at St-Malo in 1772, age 50 years; in 1787 age 75 years (sic).

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1978; p. 110; 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. Etienne [MELANCON], son of Jean & Marguerite DUGAS, born 11 Jul 1724. Sponsors: Major RACOIS & Marguerite LeBlanc. Recorded at (SGA-2, 151).

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1267 (Grand Pré); own copy. Etienne MELANSON, born 1724, son of Jean & Marguerite DUGAS, married at Grand-Pré on 9 Jan 1747 to Francoise GRANGER, daughter of Joseph & Anne RICHARD; five children. He was at Grande-Anse, Ile Saint-Jean from 1750 to 1755, and at Port-Lajoie in 1758.

    Also, on p. 1178: His brother-in-law Paul GRANGER lived with him at Ile Saint-Jean in 1752.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-OCCUPATION-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; pp. 613-615, family #708; own copy. Etienne MELANSON, born 11 Jul 1724, son of Jean & Marguerite DUGAST. He was a ploughman, married 1st on 9 Jan 1747 at St. Charles-des-Mines, Acadie to Francoise GRANGER, daughter of Joseph & Anne RICHARD; seven children listed. In 1752 Etienne with wife and three children were residents of Grande-Anse on Isle St. Jean. On 28 May 1766 with wife amd six children he arrived at St. Malo from Boulogne on the brigantine "Le Hazard." They lived at St. Servan 1766 to 1770; at Pleudihen 1771-1772. His 1st wife died 1778. He married 2nd about 1784 to Charlotte LAUNAY; daughter born and died 1785, mother died 6 days later.

!RESIDENCES: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; Part II [vol. 3]; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 1160; own copy; Acadian Marriages in France; appendix of Acadian arrivals from Boulogne on the brigantine "Le Hazard, Mr. Jean PATELLE, Captian, on 28 May 1766.

!MARRIAGE: Webpage "Sur les Bords de la Rance, a Pleudihen," at <http://perso.wanadoo.fr/le.perto/> seen in Jun 2001. Étienne MELANSON, widower of Francoise GRANGER, remarried on 24 Feb 1783 at Miniac Morvan to Charlotte LAUNAY.

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1157.

   Sponsors: E'tienne RACOIS, surgeon & Marguerite LE BLANC (who have signed).

2. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
   p. 158.

   (SGA-2, 51).

3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1157.

   E'tienne was on the 1787 census at St-Malo, France, after the Acadian ships had left for LA.

4. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1157.

   Age 30 years.