Jean
DE LAUSON
Born
abt. 1630
,
France
Died
22 June 1661
,
Québec Province, Canada
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Born: abt. 1630 in France
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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1651.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Anne DESPRÉS 23 October 1651 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Anne DESPRÉS was born abt. 1620 in Paris, France. Anne died 12 March 1689 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
Jean DE LAUSON died 22 June 1661 in Québec Province, Canada.
son of Jean Lauzon and Marie Gaugard
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WORK & OCCUPATION
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Recorded occupation: grand seneschal of New France
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Jean DE LAUSON
Jean DE LAUSON married 
Anne DESPRÉS
Marriage date: 23 October 1651
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Anne DESPRÉSMarriage date: 23 October 1651
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Children of Jean DE LAUSON and Anne DESPRÉS
Marie DE LAUSONBorn: 8 June 1654, Québec, Canada, New France
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Jean DE LAUSONBorn: 6 December 1655, Québec, Canada, New France
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Charles DE LAUSONBorn: 2 August 1657, Québec, Canada, New France
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Anne-Catherine DE LAUSONBorn: 21 April 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
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Angélique DE LAUSONBorn: 22 January 1661, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 December 1732, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 December 1732, Québec, Canada, New France
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LAUSON, JEAN DE, junior, grand seneschal of New France; b. presumably between 1620 and 1635 in France, Son of Jean de Lauson, future governor of New France, and of Marie Gaudar; killed 22 June 1661 during an Iroquois raid on the Île d’Orléans.
It is difficult to give the exact date of the birth of Jean de Lauson junior. Several authors, without indicating their sources, say he was 17 when he became grand seneschal in 1651. Pierre-Georges Roy makes him 22 at the same period, and J.-Edmond Roy suggests that it was to him that Marie de l’Incarnation [see Guyart] was alluding in a letter of 2 Aug. 1644, when she wrote: “Among this year’s arrivals, there is a young man of very noble birth, 22 years old, whom God has inspired to serve Him in this country, for the salvation of the Indians. . . . This young man . . . has held a command in the French armies.” A document of 1660, in the registry of the notary Audouart, describes him as “now in his majority, 25 years old.” What is certain is...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
LAUSON, JEAN DE, junior, grand seneschal of New France; b. presumably between 1620 and 1635 in France, Son of Jean de Lauson, future governor of New France, and of Marie Gaudar; killed 22 June 1661 during an Iroquois raid on the Île d’Orléans.
It is difficult to give the exact date of the birth of Jean de Lauson junior. Several authors, without indicating their sources, say he was 17 when he became grand seneschal in 1651. Pierre-Georges Roy makes him 22 at the same period, and J.-Edmond Roy suggests that it was to him that Marie de l’Incarnation [see Guyart] was alluding in a letter of 2 Aug. 1644, when she wrote: “Among this year’s arrivals, there is a young man of very noble birth, 22 years old, whom God has inspired to serve Him in this country, for the salvation of the Indians. . . . This young man . . . has held a command in the French armies.” A document of 1660, in the registry of the notary Audouart, describes him as “now in his majority, 25 years old.” What is certain is...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1651 Marriage / PartnerJean DE LAUSON and Anne DESPRÉS 23 October 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1654 Birth of ChildMarie DE LAUSON was born 8 June 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1655 Birth of ChildJean DE LAUSON was born 6 December 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1657 Birth of ChildCharles DE LAUSON was born 2 August 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1659 Birth of ChildAnne-Catherine DE LAUSON was born 21 April 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Death — 166122 June 1661
Québec Province, Canada
1661 Birth of ChildAngélique DE LAUSON was born 22 January 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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