Jean Saint-Étienne de La Tour (abt. 1693)

Born about 1693 in Rivière Saint-Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

Jean was born about 1693. He is the son of Jacques Saint-Étienne de La Tour and Anne Melanson. He appeared on the 1698 census in Port-Royal, age 5, with his widowed mother and siblings. ^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. p. 1436-1437
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150

   Anne MELLANSON widow (of Jacques de LATOUR); Jeanne 10, Marie 8; Jean 5; Francois 3, Phillipes 2; 13 cattle, 4 sheep 2 hogs.

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Jean Saint-Etienne citing Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1645 (River St. Jean)