Marguerite Melanson (1748 - abt. 1820)

Born 2 Apr 1748 in Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died about 1820 at about age 71 in Lorient, Morbihan, France [uncertain]

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Biography

Marguerite Melanson, child of Pierre Melancon and Marie Magdeleine LeBlanc, was born on 2 April 1748 at Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie, based on the declaration of her mother in exile at Belle-Isle-en-Mer, France in 1767.^[1]

On 5 September 1755, her father Pierre was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village de Landry with 2 sons and 3 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 6 bullocks, 6 cows, 15 young cattle, 50 sheep, 26 hogs, and 3 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[2][3]

On 20 December 1755, Pierre, Marie Madeleine, and their children, Joseph, Jean-Baptiste, Marie, Marguerite, and an unnamed girl, were deported aboard the Ranger. The 112 Acadians deported disembarked in Virginia on 20 January 1756. In May 1756, on the Bobby Goodridge, they were deported again, from Virginia to Portsmouth, England, where they arrived on 23 June 1756. From there they were sent to Southampton, England where they were detained for seven years, until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. ^[3]

In May 1763, free to go, they boarded the ship La Dorothée, which took them to Saint-Malo, France.^[3][4]

No spouse has been mentioned for her.

She died at Lorient, France in 1820 according to Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Declaration of Marie Magdelaine LeBlanc on 15 February 1767. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed July 2021

   1) Marguerite -- born at Riviere aux Canards, St. Joseph Parish, on 2 April 1748.

2. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line # 7,

   Pierre Melanson, Village de Landry, 2 sons, 3 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), 6 bullocks, 6 cows, 15 young cattle, 50 sheep, 26 hogs, 3 horses

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Paul Delaney, La liste de Winslow expliquée, (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020) p. 82.
4. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org., Family Tree. Page for Marguerite Melanson, citing sources:
   • Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, Acadians in France, vol. II: Belle Isle en Mer Register & La Rochette Papers, (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972) p. 88, 96;

   On the numbered list of 219 French Neutrals delivered by Edw. NOBLE to Sieur DE LA ROCHETTE at Southampton, England.

   [87] Pierre MELANSON, 46;

   [88] Madelaine [LE BLANC] MELANSON, 43;

   [89] Marie MELANSON, 16;

   [90] Marguerite MELANSON, 14;

   [91] Joseph MELANSON, 13;

   92. Jean MELANSON, 11.

   On the Roll of the Acadian families embarked on the royal frigate “La Dorothee,” under Captain LAVENANT, who acknowledged receiving them on 17 May 1763, to be delivered to Saint Malo, France. There are 45 numbered families, plus six prisoners of war from Bristol.

   2. Pierre MELANCON;

   Magdeleine [LE BLANC] MELANCON;

   Marie MELANCON;

   Marguerite MELANCON

   Joseph MELANCON;

   Jean MELANCON;

   Anne MELANCON

   Marie Magdeleine MELANCON;

   Marie Martha MELANCON.