Jean DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU)

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abt. 1628 , Nantes, Brittany, France

Died

12 August 1695 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Age: 57
Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Born: abt. 1628 in Nantes, Brittany, France

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1664.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean married Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN) 21 January 1664 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN) was born 25 August 1643 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Helene (Hellaine) died 12 August 1695 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Helene (Hellaine) was the child of Isaac DODIN and Anne JARNET.

Jean DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) died 12 August 1695 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Deniau and Jeannette Gaudet

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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.

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

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Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN)
Marriage date: 21 January 1664
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN) was the child of Isaac DODIN and Anne JARNET

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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jean Deniau and Helene Baudin

Children of Jean DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) and Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN)

René DENEAU (DENIAU)

Born: 18 January 1665, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 13 July 1730, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Married: Marie-Madeleine MATOU (MATHON) dite LABRIE 27 October 1692 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Anastasie ILLINOISE 1705 Place: , Canada

Gilles DENEAU (DENIAU)

Born: 22 April 1666, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Thomas DENEAU (DENIAU)

Born: 21 January 1668, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1687,

Pierre DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU)

Born: 6 February 1670, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1750, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne CESAR dite LAGARDELETTE 10 November 1698 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marguerite DENEAU (DENIAU)

Born: 5 July 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 October 1737, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Alexandre LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC 24 April 1690 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU)

Born: 2 November 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 3 November 1708, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Thérèse MENARD 11 February 1697 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Jean Deniau
From membres.lycos.fr/ ancetre/ DeniauJean.htm

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Wire of Pierre Deniau and Jamette Gaudet, married on February 13, 1602, in Montbert, Contract marriage Pierre Deniau and Jamette GaudetJean Deniau, were born at least before the end of 1628, in Montbert, in the old province of Brittany. His/ her father Pierre Deniau is deceased on March 26, 1628. Montbert is a commune of 2246 inhabitants of the Canton of Aigrefeuille on Maine of the district of Nantes in the current department of Loire-Atlantique. Montbert is a commune of 2246 inhabitants of the Canton of Aigrefeuille on Maine of the district of Nantes in Loire-Atlantique. By his marriage, Jean Deniau becomes the ancestor of the almost totality of our families Daigneault and some Denault. In Montreal, January 21, 1664, Jean Deniau marries Helene Dodin, born on August 25, on 1643, baptized 20 November next, with the temple calvinist of Villeneuve, of the Small rock, in the current department of the...Read full story

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

1664 Marriage / Partner
Jean DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) and Helene (Hellaine) DODIN (GODIN) 21 January 1664, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1665 Birth of Child
René DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 18 January 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666
Jean Deniau 36 Sieur de Long, habitant

Hellaine Godin 20 Epouse

Rene Deniau 1 Fils

1666 Montreal Census
The History of Montréal: The Story of Great North American City

1666 Birth of Child
Gilles DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 22 April 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1668 Birth of Child
Thomas DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 21 January 1668, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1670 Birth of Child
Pierre DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) was born 6 February 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1671 Birth of Child
Marguerite DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 5 July 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1673 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) was born 2 November 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1681 Longueuil
Jean Denis, 57 ans; Helene Dodin, sa femme, 30 ans; enfants: Rene, 16 ans; Gilles, 14 ans; Thomas, 12 ans; Pierre, 10 ans; Marguerite, 8 ans; Jean, 6 ans; 1 vache; 3 arpents en valeur.

Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 66

1690 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DENEAU (DENIAU) married 24 April 1690, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Alexandre LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC

1692 Marriage of Child
René DENEAU (DENIAU) married 27 October 1692, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Madeleine MATOU (MATHON) dite LABRIE

1695 Death
DEATH FOUND AT SAINT-FAMILLE-DE-BOUCHERVILLE, BOUCHERVILLE, QC, CANADA IN DROUIN COLLECTION.

JEAN DENYAU
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Death
Name: Jan Denyau
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 13 Aug 1695
Burial Place: St. Famille De Boucherville
Death Date: 12 Aug 1695
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Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Helene Daudouin
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03669-9
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 1031703
Reference ID: P-58 S-1

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F2PP-VYG : accessed 6 June 2015), Jan Denyau, 12 Aug 1695; citing Cemetery, , reference P-58 S-1; FHL microfilm 1,031,703.
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