Jean POINEAU

(b. 23 November 1678 , France d. 23 July 1716 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Jean POINEAU was born 23 November 1678 in France

Jean POINEAU was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1703.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Jean married Barbe BOURCIER dite LAVIGNE 7 May 1703 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Barbe BOURCIER dite LAVIGNE was born 27 December 1677 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Barbe died 8 November 1760 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Barbe was the child of Jean BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Marthe THIBODEAU.

Jean POINEAU died 23 July 1716 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Gabriel Poineau and Jeanne Gouet

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Occupation

Jean POINEAU was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca

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.