Maurice VIGNEAULT

(b. 3 February 1674 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1746 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Maurice VIGNEAULT was born 3 February 1674 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Maurice VIGNEAULT was the child of Paul VIGNEAULT dit LAVERDURE and Françoise BOURGEOIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Maurice married Marguerite COMEAU September 1701 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite COMEAU was born 1 September 1681 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 20 July 1729 in Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Toulouse, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON and Jeanne BOURG.

Maurice VIGNEAULT died 22 February 1746 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Occupation

Maurice VIGNEAULT was a Charpentier.
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber

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.

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Maurice VIGNEAULT married

Marguerite COMEAU-- Date: September 1701 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Marguerite COMEAU was the child of Pierre COMEAU dit L'ESTURGEON and Jeanne BOURG

Maurice, son of Paul Vigneau, Vignau, or Vignot dit Laverdure and Françoise Bourgeois of Île d'Orléans, below Québec, was born in the Canadian parish of Ste.-Famille on the island in February 1674. He moved to Acadia, where he worked as a charpentier du roi in the colonial capital, and married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Comeau l'aîné and Jeanne Bourg, probably at Port-Royal in c1701. She gave Maurice 11 children, including six sons who created families of their own.

Children of Maurice VIGNEAULT and Marguerite COMEAU:

Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE (b.22 December 1702, Port Royal, Acadia d. 18 May 1772, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
m. Marguerite ARSENAULT 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Marie Marguerite BOURG 1740 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph Maurice VIGNEAULT (b.6 February 1713, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Catherine ARSENAULT 25 January 1735 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE (b.18 August 1716, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 August 1767, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France)
m. Anne Agnes POIRIER 1739 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1674 Birth
3 February 1674
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1701 Marriage / Partner
Maurice VIGNEAULT and Marguerite COMEAU September 1701, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 27 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Jacques VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE was born 22 December 1702, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Maurice was 28 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Joseph Maurice VIGNEAULT was born 6 February 1713, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Maurice was 39 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE was born 18 August 1716, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Maurice was 42 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1729 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite COMEAU died 20 July 1729, Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Toulouse, Acadia)

1735 Marriage of Child
Joseph Maurice VIGNEAULT married 25 January 1735, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Catherine ARSENAULT

1746 Death
22 February 1746
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

He died at the age of 72.

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