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Pierre Melanson

Also Known As: "Parrotte"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port Royale, Acadie
Death: 1791 (70-71)
Ménoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Mélançon and Anne-Marie Bourg
Husband of Marie-Josephe Gaudet
Father of Marie-Joseph Gaudet; Jean Melanson; Osite Melanson; Pierre Melanson; Dominique Pierre Melancon and 1 other
Brother of Marie Melanson; Marie Melançon; Claude Melançon; Joseph Melançon; Charles-Jean Mélançon and 4 others

Managed by: Edward Leo Neary
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About Pierre dit Parrotte Melanson

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Historier et Genealogie des Acadien Bona Arsenault, Compiler: Bona Arsenault CHAU-TV, Baie des Chaleurs, 1988 3rd Printing

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Vol. III P. 969 Beaubassin

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Dictionaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, July 1999

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P. 1155

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Dictionaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, July 1999

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P. 1155

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Paul Joseph Leger

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Acadian

Biography

"Pierre dit Parrotte Melanson: b. abt 1720 (MCM), Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia; d. bet 1791-1792, Minudie (?) (SW/MCM/MBM), Nova Scotia.:Pierre dit Parrotte Melanson, son of Charles Melanson b. c1675 & Anne dite Jeanne Bourge b. c1684 <ref> Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols; Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999; p. 1156 :Note: No place or date of birth listed.:Death: Text: Pierre (dit Parrotte) died between 1791 & 1792. [No place is listed.]:Marriage: Text: Married Marie Josephe Granger 1 Feb 1746 in Port Royal, Acadia. There was dispensation for 3-3 consanguinity.</ref> Married: Feb. 1, 1746, Annapolis Royal (Rg), Nova Scotia, to Marie-Josèphe Granger: (Laurent & Anne Bourg) b. Jan 12, 1723 (SW), Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.<ref>Nova Scotia Archives: Acadians: An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal 1702-1755, RG 1, Vol. 26a, p. 306 Marriage Registration</ref> Children: Marie-Josèphe, Jean dit Janne, Osite, Pierre, David and Dominique-Pierre. <ref>gregorsgathering Melanson</ref> They escaped the deportations by fleeing to Chaleur Bay in northern New Brunswick until being caught or forced to surrender in 1761. They were then imprisoned at Fort Edward until 1763. This family was imprisoned at Fort Beausejour in 1763. In 1768, PierreMelanson is one of the "original tennants" of Desbarres at the Champs-Elysees. In 1794, their three sons, Jean...,David and Pierre... owned43 cattle and 53 sheep and as a consequence were more prosperous thanother Acadians in the region and also more than many English. <ref>Bona-vol.2,p.689-b.yr,marr.info. J03-p.111-</ref> Pierre Melanson and his wife, Marie Granger, were still living in 1790, because they are listed on the "List of French persons...Heads of families...He died during 1791 because his name is not listed in 1792. B31-p.1156-marr.info;disp 3-3 cons;died between 1791 & 1792; was in theFort Beausejour census of 1763. <ref>ourmaritimeties Pierre Melanson</ref>

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Acknowledgements ==Melanson-255 was created by Buddy Toups through the import of Toups Family Tree (1).ged on Jun 16, 2014.

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Pierre dit Parrotte Melanson's Timeline

1720
1720
Port Royale, Acadie
1747
March 4, 1747
New Brunswick, Canada
1749
August 12, 1749
1751
1751
Port Royal, Annapolis, Acadie, Nouvelle-Écosse
1752
September 17, 1752
Annapolis Royal, 1654145, Nova Scotia, Canada
1752
Port Royal, Annapolis, Acadie, Nouvelle-Écosse
1755
November 1755
Port-Royal, Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick)
1763
1763
Age 43
Ft. Beausejour, Acadia
1791
1791
Age 71
Ménoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia