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Abraham Martin --By on August 29th, 2009

There is a lot of confusion over the origins of Abraham.  He was born about 1589, probably at [...]

Andre Robidou --By on August 18th, 2009

Christening: 1640
Ste Marie, Galice, Burgos, Spain
Burial: 1 Apr 1678
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary for Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol
Came [...]

Burgos, Spain- home of Andre Robidou --By on June 11th, 2010

Burgos is the area in Spain from which Andre Robidou, the founder of the Rabideau family [...]

Claude Bouchard --By on September 11th, 2009

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Claude Bouchard, a tailor from Saint-Cosme-de-Vair in Maine, France, first settled on the coast of Beaupré to the [...]

Clement Lerige (Leriger) --By on April 9th, 2010

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Clement Lerige, Seuir de La Plante came to New France in 1685 as an officer of the Troupes [...]

David Letourneau --By on March 19th, 2010

David Letourneau was born of David Lerourneau and Jeanne Dupen around 1616 in Charente-Maritime Arrondissement Rochefort Canton Tornay-Charente [...]

Deyo-Deo-Dion-Guyon! --By on March 9th, 2010

It pleases me to say that I have identified the entire male Deyo line from John Deyo through [...]

Emery Blouin --By on March 19th, 2010

The surname Blouin means blue as in a cloudless sky or like a calm carribean sea.
Emery / Mery [...]

Francois Belanger --By on August 19th, 2009

Francois Horlays Belanger was born on October 02, 1612; at Touque, Normandy, Orne, France; the son of Francois [...]

Francois Langlois --By on August 28th, 2009

Francoise Langlois was born in 1599; in St. Xiste,  Montpelliers, France; one of four children born to Guillaume [...]

Jacques Guyon --By on March 6th, 2010

source “One Hundred French Canadian Family Histories” by Phillip J. Moore.
Most people of French Canadian heritage descend from [...]

Jean Bourdon --By on August 29th, 2009

Though Jean Bourdon was an important figure in the early days of New France, there is a lot [...]

Jean Cote --By on August 29th, 2009

Jean Cote – Was born on February 2, 1643 and died on March 26, 1722 in Ville De [...]

Jean Guyon --By on March 8th, 2010

source: “One Hundred French Canadian Family Histories” by Phillip J. Moore.
Jean grew up in the small community of [...]

Jean Guyon, sieur Du Buisson --By on March 19th, 2010

Jean Guyon is the scion of the Guyon, Yon and Dion Families in North America. The surname [...]

Louis Hebert --By on March 7th, 2010

Louis Gaston Hebert was born in 1575 at 129 Rue Honore, Paris, France; the son of Nicolas Hebert [...]

Marie Helene Desportes --By on August 28th, 2009

Marie Helene Des Portes was born on July 7, 1620 at Lisieux, Calvados, Normandy, France; the daughter of [...]

Marie Rollet --By on March 9th, 2010

Marie Rollet, wife of Louis Hebert, QC’s first settler; d. 1649 at QC In 1617, with her husband [...]

Mathieu Amyot --By on August 19th, 2009

Mathieu Amyot was a decisive and entrepreneurial man. He was granted land concessions at Trois Rivières, Sillerie, and [...]

Noël Simard --By on September 11th, 2009

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Noël Simard originated from Puymoyen in Angoumois, France and settled on the coast of Beaupré with his father [...]

Philippe Amyot --By on August 19th, 2009

Although technically not a Quebec Pioneer, Philippe was the father of several.
Philippe Amyot arrived in Canada in the [...]

Pierre Desportes --By on August 18th, 2009

Pierre Desportes- First History
Samuel de Champlain sent Recollet priest Georges le Baillif to France as his delegate to [...]

Pierre Miville --By on September 11th, 2009

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Swiss blood runs in your veins. In fact, Pierre Miville, your ancestor, was born in 1602 at Fribourg [...]

Pierre Tremblay --By on September 11th, 2009

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Pierre Tremblay, ancestor to the largest french- canadian family was originally from Randonnay, in Perche Normandy. Only head [...]

Quebec (Kebec) Pioneers --By on August 19th, 2009

The Rabideaus are descended from a large number of original Quebec Pioneers.
The histories such as we can find [...]

Robert Drouin --By on September 11th, 2009

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He was in Canada in 1636 and in 1641, he already had a farm near the Rivière aux [...]

Zacharie Cloutier --By on August 29th, 2009

Zacharie Cloutier was born on  February 2, 1589, in St. Jean, Perche, France; the son of Denis Cloutier [...]