Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.
Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
How to read this timeline
Records about Pierre LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.
Show:
Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.
Biography
LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE (from a fief held by his father’s family, near Dieppe, in the province of Normandy) ET D’ARDILLIÈRES (from a property he acquired in the province of Aunis near Rochefort), PIERRE, soldier, ship’s captain, explorer, colonizer, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer and trader, the most renowned son of New France; baptized 20 July 1661 at Ville-Marie (Montreal); d. probably at Havana, Cuba, probably on 9 July 1706 of an unspecified illness, buried the same day, at Havana, in the Church of San Cristóbal.
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville was the third and most famous son of Charles Le Moyne* de Longueuil et de Châteauguay and of Catherine Thierry. He had two sisters and eleven brothers; nearly all of his brothers rose to military fame in America, and several died in battle. Iberville was accompanied by one or more of his brothers in all save two of his major campaigns.
Iberville’s father, Charles Le Moyne, was a notable of the colony, a director of
Pierre
LEMOINE (LEMOYNE)
Birth — 1661
Death — 1706
Questions, Corrections & New Information
Ask a question or share a correction, source, or new detail about Pierre LEMOINE (LEMOYNE).
When possible, include names, dates, places, and sources so the information is easier to verify.