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- Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay came to New France at age 15 and worked for the Jesuits in Huron-Wendat lands. After a brief stay in Trois-Rivières, he settled at Ville-Marie — present-day Montreal — in 1646.
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Jan 21, 2008 · Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay’s legacy is preserved by the city of Longueuil and its agglomeration today. A statue of him is also displayed at the Maisonneuve Monument in Old Montreal in front of the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal.
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay (2 August 1626 – February 1685), [1] was a French officer and merchant who was a prominent figure in the early days of Montreal. Born in Dieppe, France [1] in Normandy, he came to New France in 1641. [1] He became lord of Longueuil in Canada.
Importance: Charles Le Moyne (1626-85), fathered dynasty of soldiers and colonizers; flourished 1660-1740 Plaque(s) Existing plaque: 166 Chambly Road, Longueuil, Quebec
- 166 Chambly Road, Longueuil, Quebec
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL ET DE CHÂTEAUGUAY, CHARLES, soldier, interpreter, trader, seigneur, son of Pierre Le Moyne, innkeeper, and of Judith Du Chesne; baptized 2 Aug. 1626 in the parish of Saint-Rémy, at Dieppe (Normandy); d. February 1685 at Montreal.
On 29 April 1730, at Saint-Ours, in the presence of many representatives of the Canadian nobility, Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil had married Catherine-Charlotte, the daughter of Marguerite Legardeur de Tilly and the late Louis-Joseph Le Gouès de Grais, a captain in the colonial regular troops, and the step-daughter of Pierre de Saint-Ours* and ...
- André Lachance
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3
Jul 12, 2023 · Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay as many people of his time, had a variety of occupations. Born in Dieppe, Normandy, France, he came to New France (Canada) in 1641. He became the seigneur of Longueuil in Canada.
The eldest of the famous Le Moyne brothers was brought up in France as a page of one of Buade* de Frontenac’s relatives, the Maréchal d’Humières. He very early took up a military career, and in 1680 became a lieutenant in the Régiment de Saint-Laurent.
