Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR

(b. abt. 1664 , Bordeaux, France d. 6 November 1709 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was born abt. 1664 in Bordeaux, France

Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1697.

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Pierre married Elisabeth RICHAUME 16 August 1697 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth RICHAUME was born 31 August 1666 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth died 4 April 1703 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT).

Pierre married (2) Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE 29 November 1705 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE was born 10 February 1687 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Françoise-Angélique was the child of Louis MÉLINE and Anne-Marie MASSARD.

Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR died 6 November 1709 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Moreau and Catherine Bouret

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Family and Children of Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR

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Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR married

Elisabeth RICHAUME-- Date: 16 August 1697 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Elisabeth RICHAUME was the child of Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marthe-Marie ARNUS (ARNUE) (ARNAULT)

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Children of Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Elisabeth RICHAUME:

Marie-Anne MOREAU (b.14 February 1698, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1731, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste BERNARD dit JOLICOEUR 24 May 1716 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR married

Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE-- Date: 29 November 1705 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE was the child of Louis MÉLINE and Anne-Marie MASSARD

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Children of Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE:

Antoine MOREAU (b.20 December 1707, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1760, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada )
m. Madeleine BRÛLÉ 13 February 1736 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR (b.25 February 1710, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1758, Berthierville, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Agnes DOUCET 14 April 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)
m. Marie-Cecile HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) 12 February 1749 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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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.

Pierre Moreau-Francoeur was born around 1664 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Son of Jean Moreau and Catherine Bouret, he married the widow of Robert Desmares, Élisabeth Richaume, daughter of Pierre Richaume and Marthe Arnu, on August 16, 1697 in Quebec. From this union were born 3 daughters. Widowed in 1703, he married Françoise-Angélique Méline, daughter of Louis Méline and Marie-Anne Massard, on November 29, 1705 in Montreal. The couple have 3 children. Corporal of the Maricourt company, he settled in Montreal in 1697. He was said to be an innkeeper in 1703. He died in Montreal and was buried there on November 6, 1709.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1697 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Elisabeth RICHAUME 16 August 1697, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MOREAU was born 14 February 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1703 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth RICHAUME died 4 April 1703, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1705 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE 29 November 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1707 Birth of Child
Antoine MOREAU was born 20 December 1707, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1709 Death
6 November 1709
Montréal, Canada, New France

1710 Birth of Child
Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was born 25 February 1710, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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