Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR

(b. abt. 1620 , Bordeaux, France d. 27 May 1693 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR was born abt. 1620 in Bordeaux, France

Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR was the child of ? and ?

Louis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

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

Louis married Jeanne LEROUGE 30 April 1654 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jeanne LEROUGE was born June 1628 in Joinville, Haute-Marne, France. Jeanne died 9 March 1696 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.

Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR died 27 May 1693 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR married

Jeanne LEROUGE-- Date: 30 April 1654 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR and Jeanne LEROUGE
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Children of Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR and Jeanne LEROUGE:

Marie CARREAU (b.20 March 1655, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1722, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )
m. Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE 30 November 1669 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Louis CARREAU (b.5 December 1656, Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1657, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jean CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR (b.26 December 1657, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1658, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jeanne CARREAU (b.25 January 1659, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1730, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )
m. Jean CATELAN 1675 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf)

Marguerite CARREAU (b.16 December 1661, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1737, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Louis PREVOST 17 February 1681 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
m. Mathieu TESSIER dit ERINGUE 25 November 1687 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Louise CARREAU (b.17 April 1664, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1735, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)
m. Francois GARNEAU 7 February 1689 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph CARREAU (b.abt. 1667, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 3 November 1746, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)
m. Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE) 15 October 1696 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Marie POULIOT (POUILLOT) 26 May 1721 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anonyme CARREAU (b.abt. 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)

Marie-Jeanne CARREAU (b.20 January 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)

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1654 Marriage / Partner
Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR and Jeanne LEROUGE 30 April 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1655 Birth of Child
Marie CARREAU was born 20 March 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Birth of Child
Louis CARREAU was born 5 December 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1657 Birth of Child
Jean CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR was born 26 December 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Birth of Child
Jeanne CARREAU was born 25 January 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1661 Birth of Child
Marguerite CARREAU was born 16 December 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1664 Birth of Child
Louise CARREAU was born 17 April 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1669 Marriage of Child
Marie CARREAU married 30 November 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE

1671 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne CARREAU was born 20 January 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Louis Carreau, 60
Madelaine LeRoux (Lerouge), sa femme, 56
enfants:
Louise, 18
Joseph, 14

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

1681 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CARREAU married 17 February 1681, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Louis PREVOST

1687 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CARREAU married 25 November 1687, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Mathieu TESSIER dit ERINGUE

1689 Marriage of Child
Louise CARREAU married 7 February 1689, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Francois GARNEAU

1693 Death
'Louis Carreau dit Lafraicheur, died at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec on 27 May 1693. But before his death, he had informed his heirs of his intentions. He allowed his son Joseph to buy the share of sister Marie by paying her 60 livres on 18 March 1693.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XV, Page 33

Louis is buried at: Hotel-Dieu de Quebec - Crypte Quebec Capitale-Nationale Region Quebec, Canada

Added: - Updated: 3/22/2026 1:08:57 PM