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Etienne Truteau

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Étienne Truteau
Personal details
Born (1662-06-08)June 8, 1662
La Rochelle, France
Died July 22, 1712(1712-07-22) (aged 50)
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Nationality French Canadian

Étienne Truteau (1642–1712) was an early French pioneer to emigrate to New France, that later became Canada.[1] He was involved with the colonization and development of the area of New France that is now Montreal, Longueuil and St. Lambert. He was a master carpenter, wheelwright and a notable soldier.[2]

Early life[]

Étienne Truteau was born in La Rochelle, France on June 8, 1642 to François Truteau, a master stone mason, and Catherine Matinier.[3]

Life[]

He emigrated to Quebec on September 7, 1659.[1] In 1663 he was hired as a master-carpenter by the Compagnie des Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice. He married Adrirenne Barbier dit le Minime in 1667, and they had fourteen children.[3] On March 12, 1675 he was given a land grant by Lord Charles Le Moyne.[3][4] His third son, François Trudeau (1673–1739) emigrated to French Louisiana.[5][6] He is best known for fighting for the colony as a militia man, in particular a battle with the Iroquois in 1662 during the establishment of the colony. In 1663, he enlisted in the 6th squadron of the Militia de la Sanite-Famille, that was headed by Governor Paul Chomedey de Maisoneuve.[2][3][7] He is the patronymic ancestor of the Trudeau family (Truteau) of North America including the American politician Charles Laveau Trudeau, Zénon Trudeau and Candian prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and Justin Trudeau.[2][3] He died on July 22, 1712.[3]

Legacy[]

A park in Longueuil, Quebec is named after him, Étienne Truteau Park, a street in Notre Dame de Î'lle Perrot, Quebec, is named for him, rue Étienne Trudeau, and in Saint Lambert, Quebec, the road, avenue Etienne Truteau is named for him.[8]

See also[]

  • Étienne Truteau on French Wikipedia

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Godbout, Archange (1970). Émigration rochelaise en Nouvelle-France. Archives Nationales du Québec. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 English, John (2009). Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Volume 1 (1919-1968). Canada: Knopf. ISBN 9780307373588. https://books.google.com/books?id=n1M-pbdhsIMC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=Etienne+Truteau&source=bl&ots=1LVZOuSWT9&sig=ACfU3U2Edlwqw2tzlKhYJOaG6e5EHZONsg&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj97IOfrtHmAhWio1kKHVyLAxg4MhDoATAGegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=Etienne%20Truteau&f=false. Retrieved 25 December 2019. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Ancêtre français, histoire et vie quotidienne". http://www.truteau.org/bienvenue.ws. Retrieved 25 December 2019. 
  4. ↑ Godbout, Archange (1964). Les Passagers du Saint-André _ La Recrue de 1659. Montréal,: Société de Généalogie Canadienne-Française. p. 163. 
  5. ↑ Maduell, Jr., Charles R. (1972). The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana From 1699 Through 1732. Baltimore: Génalogical Publishing Co., Inc.. p. 171. 
  6. ↑ Higginbotham, Jay (1977). Old Mobile Fort Louis de la Louisiane 1702-1711. Museum of the City of Mobile. 
  7. ↑ Dollier de Casson, François (1992). Histoire du Montréal 1640-1672, Montréal. Les Éditions Balzac. 
  8. ↑ Sévigny, André (December 5, 2009). "La nouvelle patrie d'Étienne Truteau : premier coup d’œil en 1659". 
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