Paul Granger (1721 - 1795)

Born 2 Jan 1721 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 1795 at about age 73 in Bas-Canada

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Biography

Paul Granger was born 2 Jan 1721. He was the son of Joseph Granger and Anne Richard. He was baptized the same day as he was born at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. His godparents were Charles Granger and Marie Granger.^[1]

He was listed at age 30 in the 1752 census at Grande Anse, Isle Saint-Jean, in the household of his brother-in-law Étienne Melanson and his sister Françoise.^[2]

He passed away in 1795. He was buried on 5 October 1795 in Saint-Augustin, Bas-Canada.^[3][4]

Research Notes

The DOBR says he was born and baptized on January 10. Both KTR and Marcel Landry have Jan 2. Reader cites SAW as saying Jan 2 in the draft version.(Bourque-573 20:01, 23 July 2022 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 137): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/137?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), La Roque Census, p. 114, image 258. The original census, in French, can be found at [e.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c4582/427?r=0&s=2 Census Original Version] “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 423-424, Images 427-428

   
   Estienne Melançon, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Françoise Grangerre, native of l'Acadie, aged 24 years. They have one son and two daughters:
   Joseph Melançon, aged 4 years.
   LaBlanche, aged 2 years.
   Elizabeth, aged 4 months.
   Paul Granger, aged 30 years, brother.
   Margueritte, aged 13 years, sister.
   They have in live stock, two oxen, three ewes, two heifers, two calves, and five pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it, they have made a clearing for the sowing of six bushels of wheat.

3. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Paul Granger citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780780 - Stephen A. White - Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version - University of Moncton- p. 492 - Age 75 years, unmarried (Register St-Augustin).
4. ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Acte: 39169

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