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| Notes for Charles (Ramee) Melancon Dit Laramee |
Charles and his brother Pierre arrived in Port Royal in 1657, accompanying their parents aboard the ship The Satisfaction with Sir Thomas Temple, the new English Governor of Acadia.
For almost a century, until the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, the Melancon Settlement was the place of residence of Charles Melancon, his wife, Marie Dugas, and their descendants and associates. The Melancon Settlement is one of the principal Canadian archeological sites illustrating the the way of rural life in Acandia in the 17th & 18th centuries. It is a mirror of the various aspects of the daily life, their homes, material culture and their prosperity.
In the Autumn of 1755, 1660 Acadians of the region of Port Royal embarked on the ships toward exile. Charles and his son Amboise took refuge in Quebec while Jean Melancon and his family were refugees in France with a groupe of Acadians from Cape Sable. Others were deported to Maryland and other states. The Melancon like hundreds of other Acadians were imprisoned in the military fortresses which were neither more or less than concentration camps. At gun point, the English soldiers forced them to work for them. The Melansons were imprisoned at Forts Cumberland and Edward.
Today, this large Acadian family under the names Melancon, Melancon, Malanson can be found in all of Canada, the U. S. and France.
The majority of Charles descendants returned to the former Acadia, resettling in Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick in the Bathhurst region. It is this branch of the family that today spells their name Melancon. The only desc of Pierre to have returned to Nova Scotia was Charles Marie who settled in Pomquet after returning with his mother from exile. |
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