Joseph-François  HERTEL DE LA FRESNIERE

1642 Birth
3 July 1642
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1642 - Baptism
3 July 1642
Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada
Francois Hertel, son of Jcaobo Hartel and Maria Margueye

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

Biography
HERTEL DE LA FRESNIÈRE, JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS, officer, interpreter, commandant, seigneur; baptized 3 July 1642 at Trois-Rivières, son of Jacques Hertel* and Marie Marguerie; buried 22 May 1722 at Boucherville.

The man whom his contemporaries nicknamed “the Hero” grew up in an atmosphere of continual wars, his native town of Trois-Rivières being the principal advanced post against Iroquois attacks. He was therefore schooled from his youth to believe that danger was always present, and must be conquered by toughness. He was brought up by a wonderful and courageous mother, who had had her share of trials: her only brother, François Marguerie*, was drowned in 1648 and her husband died by accident three years later, leaving three infant children: François, the eldest, and two girls.

François Hertel wrote in his report of 1712 that his first experience of soldiering went back to 1657, when he was 15. An act of 26 August of that year does indeed describe him as a soldier. Hence he took part ...Read MORE...


Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1664 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-François HERTEL DE LA FRESNIERE and Marie-Marguerite-Josephe THAVENET (TAVENET) 2 September 1664, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
françois hertel - 24 habitant

Marguerite Joseph tavenet - 20 sa femme

zacarie françois hertel - 8 mois fils
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Jacques HERTEL was born 10 March 1667, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 24 years old.

1668 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste HERTEL was born 26 October 1668, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 26 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Louis HERTEL DE SAINT LOUIS was born 14 May 1673, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 30 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Rene HERTEL was born 26 March 1675, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 32 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Lambert HERTEL was born 17 October 1677, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 35 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise HERTEL was born 1 November 1679, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 37 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Claude HERTEL was born 2 June 1682, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 39 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Michel HERTEL was born 7 October 1685, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 43 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Pierre HERTEL was born 18 March 1687, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 44 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Thérèse HERTEL was born 17 October 1690, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph-François was 48 years old.

1691 Marriage of Child
Jacques HERTEL married 26 November 1691, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marguerite-Thérèse GODEFROY

1698 Marriage of Child
Joseph HERTEL married 4 July 1698 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Catherine PHILIPPE LAFONTAINE

1708 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite-Josephe THAVENET (TAVENET) died 16 September 1708, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1722 Death
29 May 1722
Boucherville, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 79.