Person:Madeleine Melanson (2)

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1149; own copy.

!EDUCATION: She was able to write her name.

!CENSUS: 1686, Baye des Mines, Acadia, age 2 years. [ Spelling?]

!CENSUS: 1693, age 10 years.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Baptized by Father MOIREAU, who performed this service for 6 children on 25 JUN 1684 at Riviere des Mines, Acadia. Name spelled Magdaleine. Parents recorded as Pierre MELANSON, Sieur de la Verdure and Demoiselle Marguerite Miny [sic]. Recorded in DeVille, ACR, 1 [Is this called "Le Petit Registre" by Clarence d'Entremont?] Sponsors: Etienne GEBEL [sic, should be HEBERT] and Magdaleine MINY [sic, MIUS], her aunt.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS: E-mail posting at <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> #164 on 3 Oct 1998 by Fredrica GIVAN (givan@brunnet.net).

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   p. 1149.

   Sponsors: E'tienne HE'BERT & Madeleine MIUS, maternal aunt.

2. ↑ Margaret C. Melanson. Melanson Story, The: Acadian Family, Acadian Times. (Toronto: Author, 2003)
   p. 140.