Mathurin  DUBE

DUBÉ - from the original name DUBEC. In Normandy, nickname given to someone who lives near a stream. For the Normans, 'beak' means 'stream'. For the Gauls, 'becco' means 'a peak, a rock', a nickname given to someone who lives in such a place. For the Bretons, 'beak' means 'pigeon', a nickname given to a naive individual. Mathurin Dubé was born around 1631 in La Chapelle-Thémer, in Poitou (Vendée), France. Son of Jean Dubé and Renée Suzanne. He married Marie Campion, daughter of Pierre Campion and Marguerite Hénault, on September 3, 1670 in Sainte-Famille on Île d'Orléans. Eight children were born from their union. He arrived in New France around 1663. He settled in 1667 on land on the Île d'Orléans. In 1681, he owns 1 horned beast and 3 arpents of cultivated land. In 1689, he sold his land for 80 pounds. He then lives on the seigneury of La Pocatière, at Grande Anse. He died in Rivière-Ouelle on December 28, 1695.

'Mathurin Dube, the pioneer of the Canadian families bearing his name, arrived in New France around 1660, maybe 1659, at the same time as Msgr de Laval, from whom he worked for several years.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 90

Mathurin Dube, 50
Marie Campion, sa femme, 27
enfants:
Mathurin, 10
Madelaine, 8
Louis, 6
Pierre, 2
Charles, 1

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