Louis Tétreau

Brief Life History of Louis

When Louis Tétreau was born on 8 January 1631, in Tessonnière, Deux-Sèvres, France, his father, Mathurin Tétreau, was 39 and his mother, Marie francoise gitton Bernard, was 20. He married Noëlle Landeau on 9 June 1663, in Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 22 June 1699, in Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation-de-Champlain, Québec, Canada, New France, at the age of 68, and was buried in Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation-de-Champlain, Québec, Canada, New France.

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Family Time Line

Louis Tétreau
1631–1699
Noëlle Landeau
1638–1706
Marriage: 9 June 1663
Marie Therese Tetreau
1664–1754
Marie Francoiſe Taitereau
1674–1748
Claude Tétreau
1666–1695
Louis Tétreau
1669–1699
Jacques Tétreault
1672–1762
Daniel Tetreau
1674–1748
Joseph Tetreault
1678–1762
Michel Tétreau
1681–1684
Jean Baptiste Tétreau
1683–1728

Sources (38)

  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Marriage - Daniel Tetreault and Renee Pineault - "Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 › Verchères › Saint-François-Xavier-de-Verchères › Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1740-1777"
  • Louis Tetrault, "Find A Grave Index"

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1682 · The Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles was originally known as a hunting log and retreat for Louis XII. When Louis XIV took over he moved his family into it. After he died the palace was abandoned. It has since been turned into a museum.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Fernand, Jacques.

French (Tétreau): derivative of Old French testre, a variant of tistre ‘to weave’, used as a nickname for a weaver. Compare Tatro , Tetrault , Tetreault and Tetro .

History: Louis Tétreau/Tétrault from Louin in Deux-Sèvres, France, married Noëlle Landeau in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1663. His descendants mainly bear altered forms of the surname, such as Tatro(e), Tatrow, Tetr(e)ault, and Tetro.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Immigration and Marriage

Louis Tétreau was the first Tétreau to go to New France (Canada). He was the son of Mathurin Tétreau and Marie Bernard and was born in 1634 in the parish of St-Martin-de-Ligugé, dioces e of Luçon, in …

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