Michael B Melanson
Author
Publisher
Lanesville Publishing
Pub. Date
©2018.
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
579 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Journey Genealogies: Hart, Cunningham, Hanney, Feeney, Mackey & Mahoney, a companion volume for Journey - An Irish-American Odyssey, focuses on the Irish and American descendants of the six prominently-featured families in that work. In the nineteenth century, immigration became a way of life for the Irish. While some in these six families remained in their ancestral counties of Sligo, Tipperary and Limerick, many immigrated to America, where they...
Author
Publisher
M.B. Melanson
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
324 p.
Language
English
Description
Pierre Laverdure was born in France and was married in England to Priscilla Mellanson ca. 1631. He died between August 1676 and May 1677 in either New England or Acadia. They had three sons. The sons used the surname Mellanson. The second son, Charles, was born about 1643 in England. The family immigrated to Acadia in 1657. In 1755 the Acadians were deported. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763, some returned. The following Melanson families,...