"Denis, the second surviving son, received his first name from his godfather, Denis Derome, on 18 June 1673. Denis was the only one of the family to be baptized at Quebec. I am still looking for the reason. He also went to find his kindred spirit at the Lacasse home. At Beaumont, on 9 November 1695, he took Charlotte as his life's companion. Together, they brought 13 children into the world. After Charlotte's death, Denis was married a second time, on 25 May 1724, to Elisabeth Roy, from the family of Louis and of Marie Ledran. This second union produced 9 Roy-Nadeau children. Denis was responsible for 22 children. Denis was appointed lieutenant in the militia for the seigneurie of Saint-Claude. In 1729, he claimed not to know how to write. However, in 1744 he wrote a dignified letter to his daughter Marie-Madeleine, who wanted to marry Pierre-Francois Rigaud, bailiff at the Sovereign Council. Denis's mortal remains were buried in the cemetery of Saint-Michel on 4 March 1759, a short time before the fall of Quebec and the French Regime."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Pages 161-162
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