Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR

(b. abt. 1593 , Champagne, France d. abt. 1663 , Acadia, Canada )

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Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR was born abt. 1593 in Champagne, France

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR was the child of ? and ?

Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1610.

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

Charles married Unknown UNKNOWN abt. 1626 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Unknown UNKNOWN was born abt. 1600 in Canada.

Charles married (2) Françoise-Marie JACQUELIN abt. 1640 in Canada . Françoise-Marie JACQUELIN was born abt. 1602 in France. Françoise-Marie died abt. 1645 in Canada.

Charles married (3) Jeanne MOTIN 24 February 1653 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne MOTIN was born abt. 1615 in France. Jeanne died abt. 1666 in Canada.

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR died abt. 1663 in Acadia, Canada.

Arrived in Canada in 1610 with his father.

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Occupation

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR was a trader, colonizer, and governor of Acadia.

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 Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR

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Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR married

Unknown UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1626 Place: , Canada

Children of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Unknown UNKNOWN:

Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1626, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Martin APRENDESTIGUY 1655 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Antoinette ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1627, , Canada d. , )

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR married

Françoise-Marie JACQUELIN-- Date: abt. 1640 Place: , Canada

Children of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Françoise-Marie JACQUELIN:

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR married

Jeanne MOTIN-- Date: 24 February 1653 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Children of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN:

Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1652, , Acadia, Canada d. 28 May 1739, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Alexandre LEBORGNE 1670 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1660, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1741, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie )
m. Jacques MIUS D'ENTREMONT 1678 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jacques ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR (b.abt. 1661, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1699, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1685 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1663, , Acadia, Canada d. 15 July 1748, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Abraham MIUS D'ENTREMONT 1679 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR (b.abt. 1665, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1731, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie )

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Biography
SAINT-ÉTIENNE DE LA TOUR, CHARLES DE [the family name may well have been Turgis], trader, colonizer, and governor of Acadia; b. 1593, probably in the old French province of Champagne, the son of Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour; d. 1666.

On 25 Feb. 1610 Charles set sail from Dieppe for Acadia with his father and a party of men led by Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt to reoccupy the abandoned settlement at Port-Royal (now Annapolis Royal, N.S.). During the years that followed, affairs in Acadia were most often in charge of Poutrincourt’s son, Charles de Biencourt. He and young La Tour were close friends, with La Tour serving as his lieutenant.

Following the destruction of Port-Royal by Samuel Argall in 1613, Biencourt and his men were forced to live with the Indians for a time. With little in the way of supplies and reinforcements arriving from France, Biencourt and La Tour were able to rebuild the Port-Royal buildings only in part. They largely abandoned settlement and...Read MORE...

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

Part 1

Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, July 16, 1983

Part 2

Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, July 23, 1983

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1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1653 Marriage / Partner
Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN 24 February 1653, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

Death
Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour died in the spring of 1663, probably at Port-Royal, age 70.

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1635
La Tour reçoit des terres

Françoise Jacquelin rencontre son futur mari, Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, pour la première fois au Fort Saint-Louis du Cap-Sable où le couple se maria.
Peinture tirée de An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia par Harry Bruce.

Charles de La Tour se voit accorder des terres à l'emplacement actuel de Saint-Jean, au Nouveau-Brunswick.

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