Marie-Anne Melancon

1760 - 1805  (45 years)

• Name	Marie-Anne Melancon
  Born	1760	Snow Hill, Worcester, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Nov 1805	St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States
  Buried	5 Nov 1805	Saint Martinville, Saint Martin, Louisiana
  Person ID	I4303	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Paul Melancon,   b. 31 Oct 1730, Mines, Grand Pre, Acadia, Canada ,   d. 1771, Donaldsonville, Ascension, Orleans Territory, United States  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Marie Genevieve Theriot,   b. 29 Jan 1736, Grand Pré, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. Sep 1787, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States  (Age 51 years)
  Married	1750	Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F1370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Landry, Sr.,   b. 1753, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1797, Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States  (Age 44 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1775	St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana
  Children	+ 1. Marie Elise Landry,   b. 24 Dec 1797, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1878, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States  (Age 80 years)  [Birth] + 2. Cyrille Landry,   b. 7 Feb 1787, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States ,   d. 21 Aug 1839, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States  (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marie-Anne was born ca. 1760 at Snow Hill in Worcester County, Maryland. She married Acadian Joseph Landry in 1775, they had twelve children. After his death married Thomas Sparr (Parr). She was the daughter of Acadians Paul Melancon (1730-1771) and Marie Theriot (1736-1787). Her paternal grandparents were Acadians Jean Baptiste Melancon and Madeleine Leblanc. [Jean Baptiste of Grand Pre, died while in exile at Snow Hill, Maryland ca. 1763.] Her maternal grandparents were Acadians Germain Theriot and Marguerite Boudreaux. Melancon, Marie, wid. of dec. Joseph Landry and m. (2) to Thomas Sparr of lower Bayou Vermillion d. 4 Nov. 1805 at home, buried 5 Nov 1805 at age 45 years. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM ch v.4 #415) SWLR Donald Hebert Parents Paul and Marie of Grand Pre, Acadia, were deported to Snow Hill in Maryland aboard the sloop Elizabeth in 1755 during "The Great Expulsion" by the British. The 1763 Maryland census shows the family living at Snow Hill in Worcester County. They emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 arriving through New Orleans. Paul died in 1771. Widowed Marie married Amand Prejean in 1773. Marie, husband Joseph and parents Paul and Marie's names are written on the "Wall Of Names" at The Acadian Memorial Museum in St. Martinville, Louisiana.