Louis Mercure

1753 - 1817  (63 years)

• Name	Louis Mercure
  Birth	11 May 1753	Port Lajoie, Charlottetown, PE   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1817
  Person ID	P10647	Violette Family
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Mercure,   b. 1726, , , Toulouse, France
  Mother	Anne Gauthier,   b. 26 Sep 1722, Port Royal, , NS
  Marriage	6 Sep 1747	Cap Sante, , QC
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Madeleine Thibodeau   d. Bef 1785
  Marriage	1773
  Children	1. Louis Michel Mercure,   b. 1 Sep 1773, Lower St. John River, NB d. 18 Feb 1848, St. Basile, NB (Age 74 years)   2. Michel Mercure
  Family ID	F607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DOB: Dictionay of Canadian Biography & Albert pg 35 DOD: Dictionay of Canadian Biography Was one of the better known "courrier de bois" between Halifax and Quebec city during the war of independence in the states. This was a six hundred mile voyage that they completed in two weeks for the sum of fifty dollars. He joined the English army during the War of Independence Ref. p.16, 33 & 35 History of Madawaska.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Thomas Albert, The History of Madawaska, (Madawaska Historical Society, 1989), pages 16, 33, and 35.