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Nathan Fillion

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    Jean Nepveu

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    • 10th Great-grandfather of Nathan Fillion — 13th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 5822 
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    • Birth Location:
    • St-Georges-de-Montaigu, Lucon, Poitou, France 
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    • Death Date:
    • BY 2 Sep 1657 
    • Death Location:
    • Québec, Canada 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 28 Jan 1653 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Québec City, Québec, Canada 
    • 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".

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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.

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