In 1693, at Port Royal, Claude, aged 5, was living with his parents, Charles MELANCON, aged 46, and Marie DUGAS, aged 42, and his seven siblings: Charles, aged 18, Madeleine, aged 16, Marie, aged 12, Francoise, aged 10, Pierre, twin, aged 8, Ambroise, twin, aged 8, and Jeanne, aged 3. The family owned 4 guns and was living on 35 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 25 sheep, and 12 pigs.[1]
at Port Royal: Charles MELANCON 46, Marie DUGAS 42, Charles 18, Madeleine 16, Marie 12, Francoise 10, Pierre & Ambroise (twins) 8, Claude 5, Jeanne 3; 20 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 pigs, 35 arpents, 4 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine but transcribed as Madeleine. Jean was listed as Jeanne.
↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Claude Melanson and Marguerite Babinot marriage 22 January 1714 RG 1 volume 26 page 310 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1302
BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1147; #12
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-BURIAL: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 688 (Port Royal)
http://www.acadian-home.org/census1700.html Charles MELANSON 53; Marie DUGAST (wife) 49; Pierre and Ambroise, twins, 15; Claude 12; Jeanne 10; 30 cattle, 22 sheep, 35 arpents, 2 guns.
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Melanson-232 and Melanson-51 appear to represent the same person because: Same name. Same comments as current merge proposed - no Claude Melanson seems to have existed born in/near 1705. No other Claude Melanson is needed (to repurpose the profile).
Melanson-250 and Melanson-51 appear to represent the same person because: Same name. Melanson-250 has not had a substantive edit since it was created in 2014. I adopted it and added the Acadian Project to it.
The birth date is not close to any other Claude Melanson in Wikitree. I can't see the Ancestry Source to see if there are sources or other clues as to which one he is. There is none born about this date. Also the death date is unlikely as he would be 105, extremely long. This one seems to need to be merged away.
No person seems to have existed with these dates. The 1810 is highly improbably as he would have been 105. There are other Claude Melansons in Acadie with profiles on WikiTree. I've chosen Melanson-51 as there are issues with the other profiles.
Recommend either merge or recycle.
The birth date is not close to any other Claude Melanson in Wikitree. I can't see the Ancestry Source to see if there are sources or other clues as to which one he is. There is none born about this date. Also the death date is unlikely as he would be 105, extremely long. This one seems to need to be merged away.