François MARGUERIE

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22 October 1612 , Rouen, France

Died

23 May 1648 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: 22 October 1612 in Rouen, France

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François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1645.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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François married Louise CLOUTIER 26 October 1645 in Québec, Canada, New France . Louise CLOUTIER was born 18 March 1632 in St-Jean, Mortagne, Perche, France. Louise died 22 June 1699 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Louise was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Xainte (Sainte) DUPONT.

François MARGUERIE died 23 May 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Francois Marguerie and Marthe Romain

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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.

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François MARGUERIE married

Louise CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 26 October 1645
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Louise CLOUTIER was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Xainte (Sainte) DUPONT

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"Louise, 18 March 1632, married Francois Marguerie, Sieur de la Haye, at age fourteen. He was one of the most colorful men of early New France. A guide and interpreter of Indian languages, he lived and worked among the tribes and even survived capture and imprisonment by the Iroquois. They were married on 26 October 1645 and went to live at Trois-Rivieres. Shortly thereafter he was drowned in a canoe accident..."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 59

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Birth — 1612
22 October 1612
Rouen, France

Biography
MARGUERIE DE LA HAYE, FRANÇOIS, interpreter; b. Rouen (Normandy) where he was baptized 12 Oct. 1612, son of François Marguerie, bourgeois and oar-maker, and of Marthe Romain; drowned 23 May 1648 at Trois-Rivières and buried at Quebec.

One of the most daring figures of the early days of the colony, François Marguerie was called “the double man” by the Indians, because he had earned for himself the reputation among them of being the paleface who had adapted himself most completely to their customs and to their tongues. Although the Relations des Jésuites do not record his presence in the colony until 1636, it is possible, as some historians claim, that he was in Canada before 1629 and that he went to seek refuge among the Algonkins during the Kirkes’ occupation of the colony, thus becoming familiar with the way of life and language of this tribe.

Marguerie spent the winter of 1635–36 at Allumette Island and on 28 March he arrived in the Huron country in the company of four...Read full story

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