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Marguerite Melanson

Marguerite was born in 1676 in Port Royal, l'Acadie, Nova Scotia. Marguerite's father was Pierre Mellanson dit Laverdure and her mother was Marguerite Anne Mius d'Entremont. Her paternal grandparents were Pierre dit LaVerdure and Priscilla Mallinson; her maternal grandparents were Philippe Mius d'Entremont and Madeline Helie. She had four brothers and five sisters, named Phillipe Charles, Pierre, Jean Dominique, Paul Pierre, Cecile, Marie Madeleine, Isabelle Elizabeth, Madeleine Catherine and Anne Marie. She is the fifth oldest of the ten children.

General Notes
- Marguerite Melanson married Alexandre Bourg dit Belle-Humeur. He was a notary and represented the Acadians of the Grand-Pré or Minas region for negotiations with the British administration in Annapolis Royal (formerly Port-Royal). Alexandres career ended in 1744 when he was accused of negligence and collaboration with the French, specifically, with his son-in-law Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre and with François Du Pont Duvivier, his nephew and a captain in Louisbourg. Marguerite died on July 15 of that same year, at the age of 68. Her burial was held in Grand-Pré the following day. Alexandre and Marguerite had 16 children. On January 12, 1746, their two year-old granddaughter, also named Marguerite, was placed in her tiny grave and buried in the Grand-Pré cemetery.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Pierre dit LaVerdure
  - b.1608 in LaRochelle, France d.1677 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  
  Pierre Mellanson dit Laverdure
  - b.1633 in Yorkshire, England d.1724 in St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, l'Acadie, Nova Scotia
  
  Priscilla Mallinson
  - b.1613 in Yorkshire, England d.1692 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  
  Marguerite Melanson
  - b.1676 in Port Royal, l'Acadie, Nova Scotia
  
  Claude Mius De Meuillon
  - b.~  1575 in France
  
  Philippe Mius d'Entremont
  - b.14 Nov 1601 in Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d.1700 in Pobomcoup, Acadia
  
  Beatrice De Coligny d'Entremont
  - b.~  1577 in France
  
  Marguerite Anne Mius d'Entremont
  - b.1649 in Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d.>  1714 in St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, l'Acadie, Nova Scotia
  
  Jacques Helie
  - b.~  1592 in France
  
  Madeline Helie
  - b.1626 in Pobomcoup, Nova Scotia d.1679 in Pobomcoup, Nova Scotia
  
  Francois De Faucon
  - b.~  1598 in France

Personal Timeline

Details of Marguerite's family with Alexandre Bourque

Details of Marguerite's family with Jean Baptiste Belliveau