Joseph-François  HERTEL DE LA FRESNIERE

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 full story


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

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