Gabriel Robert Dufour
1669 - 1720 (51 years)
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Name Gabriel Robert Dufour Birth 1669 Lisieux, Normandy, France 
Gender Male Death 26 Jun 1720 Baie St. Paul, Charlevoix, QC Person ID P24756 Violette Family Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Francois Dufour d. 1653 Mother Francoise Morin Marriage St. Jacques, Lizieux, Normandy, France Family ID F13190 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Anne Migneron Marriage 1 May 1694 Children 1. Angelique Dufour, b. 23 May 1695, Chateau-Richer, QC d. 20 Aug 1768, Baie St. Paul, Charlevoix, QC (Age 73 years)2. Marie-Josephte Dufour, c. 19 Sep 1697, Baie St. Paul, Charlevoix, QC 3. Agnes Dufour Family ID F13189 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Louise Gagne, c. 1683 Marriage 26 Aug 1703 , , Normandy, France Children 1. Marie-Reine Dufour 2. Jean Dufour, b. Abt 1709, St. Joachim, QC 3. Barbe Dufour, b. Abt 1711, St. Joachim, QC bur. 21 Oct 1799, Baie St. Paul, Charlevoix, QC (Age ~ 88 years)4. Ignace Dufour, b. 1712, St. Joachim, QC bur. 8 Oct 1762, Baie St. Paul, Charlevoix, QC (Age ~ 50 years)5. Louise Dufour, c. 1713 bur. 9 Sep 1759 (Age ~ 46 years) 6. Joseph Dufour, c. 1714 bur. 2 Sep 1774 (Age ~ 60 years) 7. Gabriel Dufour, b. 1715, St. Joachim, QC d. 1 Oct 1782, Ile aux Coudres, Charlevoix, QC (Age 67 years)8. Bonaventure Dufour Family ID F13187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Ref: Quebec Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families Ta_416062754.
Gabriel is the ancestor of most of the Dufour of Charlevoix, Saguenay-lac St. Jean, He was from the city of Lisieux, Normandy, France.
He worked first as a blacksmith, and a stone cutter for the buildings of the Seigneurie de Beaupre. He was a blacksmith in Lisieux, Normandy.
He arived in Quebec about 1690. In 1694 he worked on the construction of the Ste. Anne de Beaupre Church.
January 15, 1700, he acquired all of his father-in-law, Laurent Magneron's concession and he became a trapper and a farmer, also exercising his profession as a blacksmith. He built a new house in 1703 in St. Joachim. Having a large family and thinking of the future establishment of his large family, in 1717 he purchased land to the Pettite Riviere St. Francois and the Ile-aux-Coudres.
- Ref: Quebec Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families Ta_416062754.