Pierre  DANDONNEAU dit LAJEUNESSE

1624 Birth
25 October 1624
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Biography
DANDONNEAU, dit Lajeunesse, PIERRE, settler; baptized 25 Oct. 1624 at La Rochelle (France), son of Jacques Dandonneau and Isabelle Fain; d. 1702 at Champlain.

Pierre Dandonneau was one of the most earnest and tenacious settlers in the early years of the colony. He does not even seem to have engaged in fur-trading. He arrived in Canada around 1647, was sent to the little town of Trois-Rivières, and worked first for Jean Godefroy* de Lintot as an indentured employee. A land grant was made to him on 21 April 1652, and he quickly became one of the chief settlers of the locality. When, on 16 Jan. 1653, he signed his marriage contract with Françoise Jobin, a “king’s daughter” (fille du roi) living at the Sieur de Lintot’s house, personages as influential as the governor of the town, Jacques Leneuf* de La Poterie, and Pierre Boucher, the commandant of the fort, were present. Dandonneau acquired land grants on the islands situated at the mouth of the St Maurice River.

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1653 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DANDONNEAU dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Françoise JOBIN dite LAJEUNESSE 16 January 1653, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 28 years old.

1654 Birth of Child
Louis DANDONNEAU dit LESABLÉ was born 9 April 1654 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE was born 20 July 1655, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1657 Birth of Child
Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE was born 10 January 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Elisabeth DANDONNEAU was born 12 April 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1659 Birth of Child
Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE was born 20 June 1659, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1662 Birth of Child
Stephanie-Henriette-Étiennette DANDONNEAU was born 28 December 1662, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DANDONNEAU was born 3 January 1665, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Marie Françoise PETRONILLE DANDONNEAU was born 4 January 1665, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Pierre bandonneau (Dandonneau) d. lagenesse .38 habitant

françoise Jobin - 34 sa femme

Louis bandonneau - 11 fils

Jeanne Bandonneau - 9 fille

Marguerite bandonneau - 6 fille

Marie bandonneau - 4 fille

Estienne bandonneau - 3 fils

françoise bandonneau - 1 fille

Jean langlois dit lapareille - 24 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1670 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE married 1 June 1670, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jacques BABIE DE RAINVILLE

1672 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE married 15 November 1672, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

1677 Birth of Child
Françoise-Marguerite DANDONNEAU was born 29 September 1677, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 52 years old.

1678 Marriage of Child
Stephanie-Henriette-Étiennette DANDONNEAU married 4 September 1678, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Pierre MERCEREAU dit LASAVANE

1679 Marriage of Child
Marie-Renee DANDONNEAU married 24 September 1679, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Adrien NEVEU DE BACQUEVILLE

1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Pierre Dandoneau (dit Lajeunesse, sieur du Sable), 55
Francoise Jobin, sa femme, 48
enfants:
Marie, 17
Louise, 15
Jacques, 11
Francoise, 4
domestiques:
Pierre Le Jamble, 30
Jacques Dupuy, 31
Marie Benoist, 9

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Marriage of Child
Marie Françoise PETRONILLE DANDONNEAU married 20 January 1682, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Jean DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE

1684 Marriage of Child
Louis DANDONNEAU dit LESABLÉ married 8 October 1684, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Jeanne-Marguerite LENOIR

1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DANDONNEAU married 26 April 1688 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Joseph AUBUCHON dit DESALLIERS