Person:Joseph Melanson (2)
Joseph Melanson
b.18 Nov 1734 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
d.Bet Aug 1767 and 14 Sep 1769 Louisiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Feb 1729
  1. Paul Melanson1730 - Bet 1769 & 1770
  2. Osite Melanson1732 - 1803
  3. Joseph Melanson1734 - Bet 1767 & 1769
  4. Jean Baptiste Melanson, II1736 -
  5. Charles Honore Melanson1738 -
  6. Marguerite Blanche Melanson1741 -
  7. Charles Melanson1743 - 1787
  8. Marie Rose Melanson1745 - 1781
  9. Marie Madeleine Melanson1747 - Bef 1777
  10. Philippe MelansonAbt 1751 - Aft 1769
  11. Elisabeth MelansonAbt 1755 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Melanson1734 - Bet 1767 & 1769
  • W.  Anne LandryAbt 1743 - 1814
m. Abt 1759
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Melanson
Alt Name MELANCON _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Nov 1734 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Christening[2][3] 18 Nov 1734 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Marriage Abt 1759 Maryland, United Statesto Anne Landry
Census[5][6] 7 Jul 1763 Snow Hill, Worcester, MD
Death[4] Bet Aug 1767 and 14 Sep 1769 Louisiana, United States

!BIRTH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1266 (Grand Pré); own copy. 

    Also p. 2554 (Louisiana): Joseph MELANCON, born 1732 [sic], son of Jean-Baptiste & Madeleine LeBLANC, married around 1758 to Anne LANDRY (no parents given); three children. He died before 1769, when his widow occupied lot #141 on the east bank of the Mississippi at St. James, LA.

!CENSUS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 169; own copy.

References
  1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 242.

    Sponsors: Antoine [MONMELLIAN dit] SAINT-GERMAIN (who signed) & Madeleine MELANSON (Register Grand Pré).

  2. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
    p. 159.

    Joseph MELANCON, son of Jean Baptiste & Magdeleine LE BLANC, born and baptized 18 Nov 1734. Sponsors: Antoine SEN GERMAINT (signed) & Magdeleine MELANCON. Recorded in (SGA-2, 143).

    Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of iberville, LA.

  3. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 242.

    Sponsors: Antoine [MONMELLIAN dit] SAINT-GERMAIN (who signed) & Madeleine MELANSON (Register Grand-Pré).

  4. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 242.

    Joseph died between Aug 1767 and the census of 14 Sep 1769.

  5. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 242.
  6. ↑ Michael B. Melanson. Melanson~Melançon: The Genealogy of an Acadian and Cajun Family. (Dracut, MA: Lanesville Publishing, 2004)
    p. 81.

    Listed with his wife and son Olivier.

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