René
ROBINEAU
(b.
3 September 1659
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
5 October 1726
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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René ROBINEAU was born 3 September 1659 in Québec, Canada, New France
René ROBINEAU was the child of René ROBINEAU and Marie-Anne LENEUF DE LAPOTERIERené ROBINEAU died 5 October 1726 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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René ROBINEAU was a officer who served in Acadia and Canada.
René ROBINEAU was a officer who served in Acadia and Canada.
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.
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1659 Birth 3 September 1659
Québec, Canada, New France
Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
3 September 1659
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
3 September 1659
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Biography
ROBINAU DE PORTNEUF, RENÉ, officer who served in Acadia and Canada; b. 3 Sept. 1659 at Quebec, son of René Robinau* de Bécancour, Baron de Portneuf, and of Marie-Anne Leneuf de La Poterie; d. during the night of 3–4 Oct. 1726 at Montreal.
In 1689 Portneuf was appointed a lieutenant in Acadia, where his brother, Joseph Robinau* de Villebon, was in command. He took an active part in the operations against the English and established close relations with the Abenaki Indian tribes. During the winter of 1689–90 Buade* de Frontenac sent him, with 50 Canadians and 60 Indians, to attack the English post at Casco (Falmouth). He was joined by Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin, and in June 1690 he obtained the enemy’s capitulation in return for the assurance that their lives would be spared and that they would be well treated. The next night he went off towards Fort Loyal (Portland) to attack a small garrison under the command of Silvanus Davis, whom...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
ROBINAU DE PORTNEUF, RENÉ, officer who served in Acadia and Canada; b. 3 Sept. 1659 at Quebec, son of René Robinau* de Bécancour, Baron de Portneuf, and of Marie-Anne Leneuf de La Poterie; d. during the night of 3–4 Oct. 1726 at Montreal.
In 1689 Portneuf was appointed a lieutenant in Acadia, where his brother, Joseph Robinau* de Villebon, was in command. He took an active part in the operations against the English and established close relations with the Abenaki Indian tribes. During the winter of 1689–90 Buade* de Frontenac sent him, with 50 Canadians and 60 Indians, to attack the English post at Casco (Falmouth). He was joined by Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin, and in June 1690 he obtained the enemy’s capitulation in return for the assurance that their lives would be spared and that they would be well treated. The next night he went off towards Fort Loyal (Portland) to attack a small garrison under the command of Silvanus Davis, whom...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1726 Death 5 October 1726
Montréal, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 67.
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