Quebec History
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Lacolle, Quebec- A brief history
Lacolle is the area from which the Joseph Dion family emigrated to the United States. Historically both Rabideau and Dion/ Deyo family members lived and traversed this region. Click here to read about the Lacolle Military Battles. source [the original site has been removed- minor edits and corrections from the original text made by ManyRoads] First written mention of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609 when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal Champlain referred to the location…
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Lacolle Battles
Both the Rabideau & Deyo families have roots in the area surrounding Lacolle Quebec. In the early to mid-1800s Lacolle was an area that saw numerous battles and skirmishes, both in the war of 1812 and the Patriotes Rebellion of 1837-1838 including: Battle Of Lacolle Mills (1812) Second Battle of Lacolle (1814) Battle at Odelltown and the Battle of Lacolle (November 7 & 9, 1838) Click here to read a more general area history for Lacolle Battle Of Lacolle Mills (1812) source Wikipedia The Battle of Lacolle Mills was fought on November 20, 1812, during the War of 1812. In this relatively short and fast battle, a very small garrison…
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Quebec’s French speaking Native People (Metis)
Original Source Article Names used to designate Natives, other than the name of their tribe or nation, include : Savage (a pejorative, rarely used today but common only a half-century ago), Indian, North American Indian, Native, and Amerindian (this one seems to be used only in French). In French, the corresponding terms are: Sauvage, Indien, Indien nord-americain, Autochtone and Amerindien. Metis means mixed blood, that is initially one parent was White, and one was Native, while later one or both were Metis. While a Metis can be any place where there are Natives and Whites, Metis Nation is defined as including the Metis living in the early Manitoba lands. Contrary…
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Who were Christiaan Christiaansz and Marie Anne Christiansen?
This is a copy of the article by Eugenie Fellows that appeared in the Spring 2000 edition of the Memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise which purported to solve the mystery. Unfortunately the author disregarded a very important note that was included in the original article (in the October 1997 issue of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record) on which she based her article that throws doubt on the assumption that Marie Anne’s parents were Christian Christiansen and Elizabeth Elderszen. The original article by Barbara A. Barth was published in two installments and was about the “Family of Ysbrant Eldersz of Rennselaerswyck”. It is rather a lengthy article (17…
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Marie Anne (Annetje) Louise Christiansen
source: Rootsweb (original source link was removed) Born: Abt 1675-1676, Corlaer (Schenectady), NY, US Baptized: 12 Jul 1699, Notre-Dame-Cathédrale, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marriage: Moise DUPUIS 21 Jul 1697, Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, NY, US Died: 26 Oct 1750, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada Buried: 27 Oct 1750, La-Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie-de-Laprairie, Quebec, Canada General Notes: Marie Anne (Annetje) Louise Christiansen: Analysis: Marie Anne was reportedly born ca. 1672/1676 in Corlaer (Schenectady), NY(1). A record of her birth has not been found. She married Moise DUPUY on 21 Jun 1697 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, NY(2). Moise was indicated as being from Canada, but both were living in Albany at the time of the…
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Jean Guyon du Buisson & Mathurine Robin dit Boulé
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Marie Rollet
Marie Rolet aka Rollet, Roillet, Hébert, Hubou Born about 1580 in St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Île-de-France, France Daughter of Jean Rollet and Anne Cogu Sister of Claude (Rolet) Rollet Died: 27 May 1649 age 69 in Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France Marie Rolet (circa 1580 – 1649)Marie Rolet was born around 1580 in Paris, France, to Jean Rollet, a royal cannoner, and Anne Cogu. She grew up in a well-off family and was educated, which was rare for women at the time. She married François Dufeu, but he passed away before she remarried. On February 19, 1601, at about 21 years old, she married Louis Hébert, a 36-year-old Parisian apothecary. They had three children:…
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Louis Hebert: First Apothecary in North America
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Protected: Jacques Beauvais dit Saint-James & Jeanne Soldé
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Noël Simard & Marie-Madeleine Racine
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Pierre Miville “dit” Le Suisse & Charlotte Maugis
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Claude Bouchard & Louise Gasnier aka Gagné
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Our ‘Filles du Roi’
Based on the data we have at our disposal on the date of this writing, we know that the following women are identified as being our family’s “Filles du Roi”. This list is not complete. The most interesting, from a Rabideau perspective, is Jean Denote; she was married to Andre Robidou the founder of our family line in the new world.
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Les Filles Du Roi- “Daughters of the King”
The information contained in this Posting was sourced from numerous websites (all noted below) and is presented here to facilitate our genealogical research. All rights belong to the original authors. This is being used under the laws of ‘fair use’. Wikipedia has an article on the subject of the Daughter’s of the King (Les Filles du Roi) as well. The filles du roi, or King’s Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. They were part of King Louis XIV’s program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada.…
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Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers
The following information was sourced from: http://www.fillesduroi.org/src/soldiers.htm and is presented here to facilitate our genealogical research. All rights belong to the original author. This is being used under the laws of ‘fair use’. This listing is a copy of one the original to be found at the following link: Alphabetical listing of the Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers (who settled in Canada). Those highlighted are Rabideau ‘family forebears’.
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Zacharie Cloustier & Sainte (Xainte) Dupont
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Guillaume Couture & Anne Emard
Anne Émard Variations: Aymart, Esmart, Émar, Père et mère: Jean Aymard et Marie Bineau[1] Naissance: Elle naît à Saint-André, Niort, Poitou (Deux-Sèvres), France et est baptisée le 22 octobre 1627 à Saint-André, Niort[2] MigrationAnne arrive dans la colonie avec ses deux soeurs Barbe et Magdeleine, y étant mentionnée pour la première fois en 1649.[3] Anne (Emard) Émard a vécuau Canada, Nouvelle-France. MariageLe 18 novembre 1649, Anne Émard et Guillaume Couture firent un contrat de mariage à la Pointe de Lévy par devant Guillaume Audouart, Guillaume donne à Anne un lit de plume garni et une vache à lait. Guillaume signe, Anne ne pouvait.[4] [5] [6] Le 18 de novembre mil…
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Abraham Martin & Marguerite Langlois
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Jean Nicolet: Explorer of New France
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Marie Crevet & Robert Caron
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Françoise Langlois
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Philippe Amyot & Anne Couvent
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Mathieu Amiot, Sieur de Villeneuve & Marie Miville
