Louis  TETREAU (TETREAULT)

Biography
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FROM FRANCE TO AMERICA

'Louis Tétreau was the first Tétreau to go to New France (Canada). He was the son of Mathurin Tétreau and Marie Bernard and was born in 1634 in the parish of St-Martin-de-Ligugé, dioces e of Luçon, in the ancient province of Poitou, France. He arrived at Trois-Rivières, Québec , in 1662, as a domestic servant to the Jesuits. Here, he married Nathalie (or Noëlle) Landeau on June 9, 1663. She was the daughter of Jean Landeau and Marie Aubert, baptized November 2 , 1638 in the parish of Tossé (Jauzé), diocese of Mans, in the ancient province of Anjou, France. She had previously married Jean Beaudoin at Trois-Rivières on August 12, 1659, but he died there in 1662.'

'The wedding of Louis and Nathalie was attended by Magdeleine Baudry, Etienne de Lafond, Magde leine Hertel, Urbain Baudry, Joseph Massé dit Besnier and the notary Sévérin Ameau. A famous pioneer...Read MORE...

Birth
'Louis Tetreau, the son of Mathurin and of Marie Bernard, was born about 1635, in a small French locality called Louin whose parish church was under the protection of Saint-Martin. Today Louin is part of the canton of Saint-Loup-Lemaire and the arrondissement of Parthenay, in the department of Deux-Sevres... (Louis) appeared in the sidelights of our country's history when he was about 24 years old... Louis Tetreau's arrival at Trois-Rivieres did not go unnoticed because he had 'red' hair and a gift of gab... [came to New France around 1660]'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 193

1663 Marriage / Partner
Louis TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Marie-Noëlle-Nathalie LANDEAU 9 June 1663, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 32 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 7 March 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 33 years old.

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Louis tettreau - 30 habitant

noelle Landreau - 30 sa femme ve de Beaudouin

Magdelaine Beaudoin - 3 fille

Marie tettreau - 2 fille

Jacques Boissonet - 21 domestique

Jean monet - 19 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 Birth of Child
Claude TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 23 April 1666, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 35 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 16 August 1674 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 43 years old.

1681 Census
'Louis and Noelle did not mind hard work. In 1681, they were at Champlain where they had 8 mouths to feed at their table. They owned 1 gun, 9 head of cattle, and had 18 arpents under cultivation...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 196

1681 Birth of Child
Michel TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 23 April 1681, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 50 years old.

1681 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) married 14 October 1681, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS)

1683 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TETREAU (TETREAULT) was born 24 October 1683, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 52 years old.

1684 Death of Child
Michel TETREAU (TETREAULT) died 10 July 1684, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Louis was 53 years old.

1691 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise TETREAU (TETREAULT) married 12 November 1691, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Laurent BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

1694 Marriage of Child
Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) married 10 October 1694, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Catherine CHARRON

1695 Marriage of Child
Louis TETREAU (TETREAULT) married 4 June 1695, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Geneviève BRUNET

1695 Death of Child
Claude TETREAU (TETREAULT) died 16 September 1695, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 64 years old.

1698 Marriage of Child
Jacques TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT) married 15 October 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marguerite BRUNET

1699 Death
'On 22 June 1699, in early summer, he yielded his place in the land of Champlain. A man so deserving had the right to only a few words in the parish registry: the names of the witnesses, Daniel and Joseph Tetreau and Louis Geoffroy.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 199