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Marguerite Melancon (abt. 1705 - 1772)

Marguerite Melancon aka Melanson
Born about in Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Wife of — married 29 Oct 1725 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Died at about age 67 in Morlaix, Bretagne, Francemap
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Biography

Marguerite Melanson was born about 1705, She was the daughter of Philippe Charles Melanson and Marie Catherine Dugas. [1]

She married René Trahan, son of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin 24 Oct 1725 at Saint Charles des Mines.[2][3]

Children: [4]

  1. Rene TRAHAN †/1763
  2. Marin Jean Baptiste TRAHAN ca 1732-/1785
  3. Marguerite Josephe TRAHAN ca 1735-
  4. Alexis TRAHAN ca 1736-
  5. Marie Josephe TRAHAN ca 1741-
  6. Anne Pelagie TRAHAN ca 1745-1809/
  7. Eustache Alain TRAHAN ca 1745-

The family was deported to Europe during the Grand Dérangement.

Marguerite passed away on 29 March 1772 at Saint-Martin-de-Morlaix, France. [1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 1152
  2. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 612. Marriage for Rene Trahan and Marguerite Melancon, 24 Oct 1725. Accessed 23 Nov 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
  3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia. Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, vol. 1a Revised, p. 161
    Margueritte Melancon (Philippe Melancon and Marie Dugas) m. 29 Oct. 1725 René Trahan (Alexandre Trahan and Marie [sic]) wit. Alexandre Trahan, pere (signed); Pierre Breau, cousin; Jean Melanson (signed); Paul Melanson (signed); Claude Trahan (signed); J. F. Flan (signed); sig. René Trahan, Margueritte Melancon (SGA-2, 247)
  4. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Marguerite Melanson




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