Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ

Born

abt. 1654 , Pouzauges, Vendée, Poitou, France

Died

13 July 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1654 in Pouzauges, Vendée, Poitou, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Louis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1683.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Louis married Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES 4 August 1683 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES was born 21 October 1662 in Montebourg, Manche, Normandie, France. Marie-Catherine died 3 April 1738 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ died 13 July 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Charles Lecompte dit Dupre and Anne Defosse

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: COUREUR DE BOIS, Marchand, Seigneur at Champlain and Bécancour

A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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)

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

Spouse & Children of Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ

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Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ married

Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES
Marriage date: 4 August 1683
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Marriage found at Notre Dame de Montreal in Drouin Collection

Lecompte Dupre and M. Catherine de St. George

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ and Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES

Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ

Born: 4 September 1684, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 5 November 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Louis LECOMPTE

Born: 1 July 1686, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 July 1722, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre-Joseph LECOMPTE

Born: 18 April 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LECOMPTE dit DUPRE

Born: 4 August 1689, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 24 May 1765, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne HERVIEUX 30 January 1727 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph LECOMPTE

Born: 29 December 1690, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 20 August 1698, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine LECOMPTE

Born: 5 August 1692, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 November 1737, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ

Born: 9 August 1693, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 24 February 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France

George LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ

Born: 10 May 1695, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Jacques LECOMPTE DUPRÉ D'ARBONNE

Born: 27 April 1696, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 9 March 1764, New Orleans, Territory of Orleans

Marie-Louise LECOMPTE

Born: 29 May 1697, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1780, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE 19 March 1718 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Thérèse LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ

Born: 15 October 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1790, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Raymond BABIE (BABY) 9 June 1721 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE

Born: 19 February 1701, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 28 July 1712, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ

Born: 3 April 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 20 May 1720, Montréal, Canada, New France

Therese LECOMPTE

Born: abt. 1703, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 May 1703, Montréal, Canada, New France

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LE CONTE DUPRÉ (Leconte, Lecompte, Dupré dit Le Conte), LOUIS, fermier, propriétaire foncier, trafiquant de fourrures, marchand-bourgeois à Bécancour, Champlain et Montréal, né dans la paroisse de Pouzauges, dans le Poitou, en 1654, mort à Montréal en 1715.

Le Conte Dupré était le fils de Charles Le Conte et d’Anne Defosse, tous deux de la paroisse de Pouzauges. On ignore la date de son arrivée en Nouvelle-France, mais l’on sait qu’en 1672 il vivait à Bécancour, où il cultivait sans doute la terre. Le recensement de 1681 le dénombre comme habitant de Champlain, âgé de 27 ans, propriétaire d’un mousquet, de 3 têtes de bétail et de 18 arpents de terre en culture. En 1683, il s’établit à Montréal où, en 1694, il se porta acquéreur de terrains près de la place du Marché et de la rue Saint-Louis.

Son contrat de mariage, reçu le 29 octobre 1683 n’a pas été enregistré avant le 4 novembre 1704. Il avait épousé Marie-Catherine de Saint-Georges, fille d’Adrien de Saint-Georges, écuyer,...Read full story

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

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1683 Marriage / Partner
Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ and Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES 4 August 1683, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ was born 4 September 1684, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1686 Birth of Child
Jean-Louis LECOMPTE was born 1 July 1686, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1688 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joseph LECOMPTE was born 18 April 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1689 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECOMPTE dit DUPRE was born 4 August 1689, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1690 Birth of Child
Joseph LECOMPTE was born 29 December 1690, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine LECOMPTE was born 5 August 1692, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1693 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ was born 9 August 1693, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1695 Birth of Child
George LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ was born 10 May 1695, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1696 Birth of Child
Jacques LECOMPTE DUPRÉ D'ARBONNE was born 27 April 1696, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LECOMPTE was born 29 May 1697, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Death of Child
Joseph LECOMPTE died 20 August 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1699 Birth of Child
Thérèse LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ was born 15 October 1699, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1701 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE was born 19 February 1701, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1702 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ was born 3 April 1702, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1705 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE dite DUPRÉ died 5 November 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1712 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte LECOMPTE died 28 July 1712, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Death — 1715
13 July 1715
Montréal, Canada, New France

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