Augustin
LEGARDEUR
(b.
16 December 1663
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
29 June 1717
,
Canada
)
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Augustin LEGARDEUR was born 16 December 1663 in Québec, Canada, New France
Augustin LEGARDEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEGARDEUR and Marguerite NICOLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY and Marie FAVERY DE POMEAU (maternal) Jean NICOLET and Marguerite COUILLARDAugustin LEGARDEUR died 29 June 1717 in Canada.
Occupation: soldier, ambassador to the English and the Indians, commandant on the coast of Labrador
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1663 Birth 16 December 1663
Québec, Canada, New France
Biography
LE GARDEUR DE COURTEMANCHE, AUGUSTIN, soldier, ambassador to the English and the Indians, commandant on the coast of Labrador; b. at Quebec, 16 Dec. 1663, fifth child of Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny and Marguerite Nicollet, daughter of Jean Nicollet* de Belleborne; d. 29 June 1717.
Courtemanche’s career falls into two periods: his military service and his life in Labrador. He was commissioned ensign in 1690, half-pay lieutenant in 1691, lieutenant in 1692, midshipman in January 1694, and given command of a company 1 April 1702. In 1689–90 he served under René Robinau de Portneuf on his expedition into New England, distinguishing himself during the capture of the fort at Casco Bay (near Portland, Me.). In 1690 he participated in the defence of Quebec when it was attacked by the English under William Phips*. In April the following year Governor Frontenac [Buade*] sent Courtemanche to Michilimackinac to inform the Indians of the upper nations of the great French...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
LE GARDEUR DE COURTEMANCHE, AUGUSTIN, soldier, ambassador to the English and the Indians, commandant on the coast of Labrador; b. at Quebec, 16 Dec. 1663, fifth child of Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny and Marguerite Nicollet, daughter of Jean Nicollet* de Belleborne; d. 29 June 1717.
Courtemanche’s career falls into two periods: his military service and his life in Labrador. He was commissioned ensign in 1690, half-pay lieutenant in 1691, lieutenant in 1692, midshipman in January 1694, and given command of a company 1 April 1702. In 1689–90 he served under René Robinau de Portneuf on his expedition into New England, distinguishing himself during the capture of the fort at Casco Bay (near Portland, Me.). In 1690 he participated in the defence of Quebec when it was attacked by the English under William Phips*. In April the following year Governor Frontenac [Buade*] sent Courtemanche to Michilimackinac to inform the Indians of the upper nations of the great French...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1666 Quebec
Jean Baptiste legardeur .....................34 escuyer sieur d'Arpentigny
demoiselle Marguerite Nicolet ...............22 sa femme
pierre Legardeur .............................8 fils
Jean paul legardeur ..........................4 fils
Augustin legardeur ...........................2 fils
Allexandre legardeur ....................3 mois fils
pierre Martin ...............................22 domestique
Et francois tourmente .......................13 aussy domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Jean Baptiste legardeur .....................34 escuyer sieur d'Arpentigny
demoiselle Marguerite Nicolet ...............22 sa femme
pierre Legardeur .............................8 fils
Jean paul legardeur ..........................4 fils
Augustin legardeur ...........................2 fils
Allexandre legardeur ....................3 mois fils
pierre Martin ...............................22 domestique
Et francois tourmente .......................13 aussy domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1717 Death 29 June 1717
Canada
He died at the age of 53.
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