Jean DANIAU (DANIA)

Born

abt. 1651 , France

Died

abt. 1704 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean married Marguerite VAILLANT abt. 1668 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite VAILLANT was born abt. 1646 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marguerite died 27 November 1704 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Parents & Family of Jean DANIAU (DANIA)

Parents of Jean DANIAU (DANIA)

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Grandparents of Jean DANIAU (DANIA)

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1668.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean DANIAU (DANIA)

Jean DANIAU (DANIA) married

Marguerite VAILLANT
Marriage date: abt. 1668
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

PRDH shows no record of this marriage, however the couple is first sighted in Lotbiniere in a 1681 census. There are also baptisms of several children mentioned, the first one being in 1682 in Pointe-de-Levy (Lauzon).

Jean Dania and Marguerite Vaillant

Children of Jean DANIAU (DANIA) and Marguerite VAILLANT

Marie-Anne DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1669, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 November 1717, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine BAUDOUIN 1687 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1670, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 October 1758, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume GOYAU dit LAGARDE 26 January 1694 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louis DUFAULT 2 August 1711 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Jeanne DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1676, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: April 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1678, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 September 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) 5 May 1705 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louis BOUCHARD 02 December 1724 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: 8 August 1680, Grondines, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Andre ROBERT dit BRETON 31 May 1706 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1682, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean DANIAU (DANIA) - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusquà nos jours, Volume 1 Dictionnaire généalogique des

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Volume 1
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Publisher E. Senécal, 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 20, 2007
Page 156

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA) was born 8 August 1680, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurir de Lotbiniere

Jean Daniau, 30
Marguerite Vaillant, sa femme, 35
enfants:
Marie, 12
Madelaine, 9
Jeanne, 5
Francois, 3
Marguerite, 1

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