François VANDAL

(b. abt. 1653 , Vernantes, Saumur, Anjou, France d. 6 December 1697 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

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François VANDAL was born abt. 1653 in Vernantes, Saumur, Anjou, France

François VANDAL was the child of ? and ?

François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1680.

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

François married Marie-Madeleine PINEL 19 March 1680 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children. Marie-Madeleine PINEL was born abt. 1662 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Madeleine died 5 May 1715 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Gilles PINEL and Anne LEODET (LEDET).

François VANDAL died 6 December 1697 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .

Occupation: farmer, coureur de bois

Son of Etienne Vandal and Julienne Groleau

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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François was a farmer, coureur de bois.
Coureurs de bois were French Canadian traders who traveled to Indigenous territories to trade European items for furs. They usually obtained furs by trading with First Nations peoples, rather than hunting themselves. Most coureurs de bois traded illegally, without a license from the Quebec government.

A Wild Frontier Journey: Life as a Coureur de Bois in 17th Century New France

Family and Children of François VANDAL

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François VANDAL married

Marie-Madeleine PINEL-- Date: 19 March 1680 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
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Marie-Madeleine PINEL was the child of Gilles PINEL and Anne LEODET (LEDET)

"Francois Vandal fell in love with Marie-Madeleine Pinel, daughter of Gilles and of Anne Ledet, third child of a family of nine. She was born about 1662, probably at Sillery. Her grandfather Nicolas Pinel, a Normand, died of gunshot wounds in September 1655, after ten years of living in Acadia and New France. The father of the bride had been baptized at La Rochelle on 28 February 1635."

"The missionary Germain Morin joined Francois and Marie-Madeleine in bonds of matrimony at Neuville, on Tuesday, 19 March 1680, the feast day of Saint Joseph. Two particular witnesses left their names associated with Vandal history: Nicolas Sylvestre dit Champagne, and Jean Prou, husband of Catherine Pinel."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XV, Page 204

Children of François VANDAL and Marie-Madeleine PINEL:

François VANDAL (b.30 December 1680 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 January 1681, Québec, Canada, New France )

François VANDAL (b.3 February 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1742, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Antoinette RIPAULT 10 February 1716 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

Louis-Joseph VANDAL (b.28 December 1683, Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1742, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France )

Jean-François VANDAL (b.13 January 1686 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1713, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Dorothee VANDAL (b.30 August 1688 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 22 September 1728, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) 8 February 1706 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Jacques VANDAL (b.1 September 1690 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1698, Québec, Canada, New France )

Nicolas VANDAL (b.21 February 1694 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1718, Québec, Canada, New France )

Angélique VANDAL (b.5 August 1696 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Pierre SIMON 12 February 1725 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Jeanne VANDAL (b.19 June 1698 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 July 1698, Québec, Canada, New France )

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'Francois Vandal was born at Vernantes... It was there that Francois Vandal would have been baptized about 1655, according to our Canadian information... The son of Etienne Vandal and of Julienne Grole left there one day to come to New France...'

'...The first mention of this ancestor among our people is found at Neuville. On 13 July 1679, Francois Vandal was the godfather of Francois, son of Charles Daveau dit Laplante, and of Marguerite d'Aubigny.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XV, Page 203

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1680 Marriage / Partner
François VANDAL and Marie-Madeleine PINEL 19 March 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1680 Birth of Child
François VANDAL was born 30 December 1680 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Dombour Neuville
Francois Vandalle, 26
Madeleine Pinel, sa femme, 20

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

François VANDAL - Marriage - Saint-Francois-de-Sales, Neuville, QC, Canada

Marriage - Saint-Francois-de-Sales, Neuville, QC, Canada

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

1682 Birth of Child
François VANDAL was born 3 February 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1683 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph VANDAL was born 28 December 1683, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1686 Birth of Child
Jean-François VANDAL was born 13 January 1686 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothee VANDAL was born 30 August 1688 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1690 Birth of Child
Jacques VANDAL was born 1 September 1690 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1694 Birth of Child
Nicolas VANDAL was born 21 February 1694 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1696 Birth of Child
Angélique VANDAL was born 5 August 1696 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1697 Death
'At the end of the year 1697, Francois Vandal, his head still full of dreams for the future, received the call from the Master of Life. The Lord had set a new place at His table in order to welcome His friend. Francois was but 46 years old as per the registry of Neuville. He was buried on 6 December in the presence of his father-in-law Gilles Pinel, his brother-in-law Guillaume Pinel, and his friend Nicolas Sevestre.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XV, Pages 207-208