Louis MOREAU (6 January 1647-12 January 1683) Généalogie Québec

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Louis MOREAU

(b. 6 January 1647 , St-Georges-du-Bois, Charente-Maritime, France d. 12 January 1683 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Louis MOREAU was born 6 January 1647 in St-Georges-du-Bois, Charente-Maritime, France. Louis MOREAU was the child of ? and ?

Louis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1678.

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Louis married Elisabeth GAGNON 21 February 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Elisabeth GAGNON was born 29 September 1661 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Elisabeth died 1 March 1703 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Elisabeth was the child of Robert GAGNON (GASGNON) and Marie PARENTEAU.

Louis MOREAU died 12 January 1683 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Occupation: Tailleur, Chirurgien (Tailor, Surgeon)

Son of François Moreau and Françoise Tébault-Dubout

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Louis MOREAU married

Elisabeth GAGNON-- Date: 21 February 1678 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Elisabeth GAGNON was the child of Robert GAGNON (GASGNON) and Marie PARENTEAU

Children of Louis MOREAU and Elisabeth GAGNON:

Elisabeth MOREAU (b.28 September 1679, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 26 December 1772, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Gabriel COURTOIS 5 April 1701 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Geneviève MOREAU (b.2 November 1681, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste CADORET 11 February 1709 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1647 Birth
6 January 1647
St-Georges-du-Bois, Charente-Maritime, France

Biography
MOREAU – Contraction of Morineau, nickname given to an individual with a more or less dark complexion, in reference to the Moorish people, encountered during the crusades. Also, from the Latin 'Maurellus', from Maurus which means the Mauritanian, again the nickname of a dark-skinned individual. Finally, can come from the name of several localities in France.

Louis Moreau was baptized on January 6, 1647 in St-Georges-du-Bois, Charente-Maritime, France. Son of François Moreau and Françoise Tébault-Dubout, he married Élisabeth Gagnon, daughter of Robert Gagnon and Marie Parenteau, on February 21, 1678 on Île d'Orléans. From this union were born 2 children. Hired in La Rochelle as a tailor, he arrived in the country in 1668. He lived in Château-Richer and the Côte-de-Lauzon. In 1681, he owned 3 horned animals. He died as a result of an accident that occurred in his house in Côte-de-Lauzon on January 12, 1683 and was buried in Quebec three days later.
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