Michel
LENEUF
(b.
28 October 1677
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
11 October 1740
,
Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie
)
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Michel LENEUF was born 28 October 1677 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Michel LENEUF was the child of Michel LENEUF and Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE and Marguerite LEGARDEUR dite REPENTIGNYMichel LENEUF died 11 October 1740 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie .
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Michel LENEUF was a captain, major, knight of the order of Saint-Louis.
Michel LENEUF was a captain, major, knight of the order of Saint-Louis.
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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28 October 1677
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Biography
LENEUF DE LA VALLIÈRE DE BEAUBASSIN, MICHEL (the younger), captain, major, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, fourth son of Michel Leneuf de La Vallière de Beaubassin, governor of Acadia, and of Marie Denys; baptized 28 Oct. 1677 at Trois-Rivières; married Renée Bertrand, daughter of François Bertrand and Jeanne Giraudin; d. 11 Oct. 1740 at Louisbourg.
He distinguished himself particularly in Newfoundland and on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island). In 1701 Callière dispatched him with orders to Brouillan [Monbeton] in Acadia; the latter retained him in his service until 1704. In June 1703 the minister informed Brouillan that he could use La Vallière to command the militia. In the autumn of 1704 La Vallière went to Quebec, then to Placentia (Plaisance), on board the Wesp, with several other Canadians and some Abenakis. It was at Placentia that, under Auger de Subercase’s orders, he served with Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and François Picoté de Belestre. The governor of Placentia...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
LENEUF DE LA VALLIÈRE DE BEAUBASSIN, MICHEL (the younger), captain, major, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, fourth son of Michel Leneuf de La Vallière de Beaubassin, governor of Acadia, and of Marie Denys; baptized 28 Oct. 1677 at Trois-Rivières; married Renée Bertrand, daughter of François Bertrand and Jeanne Giraudin; d. 11 Oct. 1740 at Louisbourg.
He distinguished himself particularly in Newfoundland and on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island). In 1701 Callière dispatched him with orders to Brouillan [Monbeton] in Acadia; the latter retained him in his service until 1704. In June 1703 the minister informed Brouillan that he could use La Vallière to command the militia. In the autumn of 1704 La Vallière went to Quebec, then to Placentia (Plaisance), on board the Wesp, with several other Canadians and some Abenakis. It was at Placentia that, under Auger de Subercase’s orders, he served with Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and François Picoté de Belestre. The governor of Placentia...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
11 October 1740
Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie
He died at the age of 62.
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