Ancestry of
Louis Riel
Leader of the North West Rebellion
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- 5th Great-grandfather of Louis Riel — 8th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 138
- Father:
- Jacques Nepveu
- Mother:
- Marie Michel
- Birth Date:
- Birth Location:
- St-Georges-de-Montaigu, Lucon, Poitou, France
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- BY 2 Sep 1657
- Death Location:
- Québec, Canada
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Anne Ledet
- Marriage Date:
- 28 Jan 1653
- Marriage Location:
- Québec City, Québec, Canada
- Children:
Marie Barbe Nepveu (Ahnentafel No:69 )
Suzanne Nepveu
Adrien Nepveu
- Notes:
Jean Nepveu's surname is also seen as Neveu.
BIOGRAPHY: Tanguay volume one states "propriétaire de cette partie desPlaines d'Abraham dite Les Buttes à Nepveu". Rough translation meaning that Jean was the owner of the part of the Plaines of Abraham that were known as the "Hills of Nepveu". The Plaines of Abraham was where General Wolfe defeated Montecalm in 1759 outside the walls of Québec City.
BIOGRAPHY: According to Jetté, Jean was "engagé La Rochelle 10 Jun 1645".
Jean Nepveu
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Sources for Jean Nepveu
- 1 Jetté, René, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, des origines à 1730, Boucherville, Québec: gaëtan morinéditeur (2003), Page 847, [Death].
- 2 Jetté, René, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, des origines à 1730, Boucherville, Québec: gaëtan morinéditeur (2003), Page 1059.
- 3 Tanguay, L'Abbé Cyprien, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes, Premier Volume, Québec: Eusebe Senécal (1871), Page 556.
- 4 Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique database (PRDH).