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 1641 - 1716 (75 years)
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| Name |
Olivier Morel |
| Suffix |
Sieur de la Durantaye |
| Born |
17 Feb 1641 |
Notre Dame du Gouvray, Le Gavre, Diocese of Nantes, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Sep 1716 |
Saint-Vallier, Canada |
| Person ID |
I06185 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
Squire Thomas Morel, Sieur de la Durantaye, b. Notre Dame du Gouvray, Le Gavre, Diocese of Nantes, France |
| Mother |
Aliette du Houssay, b. Notre Dame du Gouvray, Le Gavre, Diocese of Nantes, France |
| Married |
Abt 1631 |
Notre Dame du Gouvray, Le Gavre, Diocese of Nantes, France |
| Family ID |
F2364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Francoise Duquet, b. 7 Nov 1645, Quebec, Canada , d. 14 Sep 1719, Quebec, Canada (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
14 Sep 1670 |
Notre Dame de Quebac Church, Canada |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F2362 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The history of the Morel Family was accomplished through the research of the Canadian historian Pierre-Georges Roy. What is reported here is the result of consultaion with a number of sources: Cyprien Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 1, p. 413; Vol. 6, pp. 95 ff.; Thomas J. LaForest, Our French Canadian Ancestors, Vol. 11, Chap. 16, 166-177; The wqeb site: Genealogy of French in North America: www.francogene.com/quebec-genealogy/998/index.php. (English version) and the Duquette Family website: www.duquette.org/english/database/index.htm.
The first known family head is Alain Morel who was first mentioned as living in the year 1400. He married Guillemette Huet in about 1420 prsumably in the parish church of LeGavre. Notre Dame du Gouvre, or its predecessor. He was the Seigneur de la Corbiere. Their son in the direct line to our Canadian ancestor, Olivier Morel, was Guillaume Morel.
GENERATION II
Guillaume Morel, Seigneur de la Corbiere, married Jeanne DuParc, in about 1450. probably at the family church of Notre Dame du Gouvre, or its predecessor. Their son in line of succession was Charles Morel.
GENERATION III
Charles Moreau, Seigneur de la Corbiere, third in succession in the Morel Family line and estates, married Isabeau Le Boulanger or Le Baillager in about in about 1490 in LeGavre, France. Their son was Pierre Morel I.
GENERATION IV
Pierre Morel; I, Seigneur de la Courossierre, fourth in succession in the Morel line married Guillemette de Carduel in about 1525. Their son was Francois.
GENERATION V
Francois Morel, seigneur de la Courosierre, married in about 1550 to a woman whose last name only is known to us: Picard. Their son was Pierre Moel II.
GENERATION VI
Pierre Morel II, squire, and Sieur du Bois-Gaudin, married in about 1590 to a woman shose name is unknown to us. Their son was Thomas Morel.
GENERATION VII
Thomas Morel, squire and Sieur de la Durantaye, married in 1631 at LeGavre, France, Aliette du Houssay, the daughter Louis Du Houssay and Renee Leroyer. Their son was Olivier Morel.
GENERATION VIII
Olivier Morel de la Durantaye was born 2 February 1640 at LeGavre, France. He was baptized at Notre Dame du Gavre, the family's parish church on May 23, 1641. He married on 14 Sepetember 1670 to Francoise Duquet in Quebec City, Canada. She was the daughter of Denis Duquet and Cathrine Gauthier
Sources for this information are: Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada and Bulletin des recherches historiques, Dictionnaire Biographique du Canada, and Programme de recherches en demographie historique of the Univeristy of Montreal, more commonly knonw as PRDH, or its revised version: PDRH-RAB, and Rene Jette's Dictionnaire genealogique des familles de Quebec.
See Thomas LaForest, Our French Canadian Ancestors, Vol XI, Chap 16, pp. 167 ff. for Olivier Morel, Sieur de la Durantaye. Olivier Morel was noble by birth for seven traceable generations in France before him. In Canada, where he lived out his life, he was a career military office, Canadian Seigneur (Lord), member of the Sovereign Council that ruled French Canada, and sometime fur trader. His ancestry is as follows, as traced by historian Pierre-Georges Roy of Canada: He was the son of Squire Thomas Morel, Sieur de la Durantaye and Aliette du Houssay of duGaure, France. He was the grandson of Pierre Morel, Sieur de Bois-Gaudin, He was the great-grandson of Francois Morel, Sieur de la Courossiere. He was the great-great grandson of Pierre Morel, Sieur de la Courossiere. He was the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Morel, Seigneur de la Corbiere, and Elizabeth LeBoulanger. He was the great-great-great-great grandson of Guillaume Morel, Seigneur de la Corbiere, and Jeanne du Parc of the Parish of Couvray in Britanny, France. Finally, Guillaume's parents were Alain Morel, Seigneur de la Corbiere, and Guilemette Huot who were living in 1400. The titles in his family go back more than 300 years according to Intendant de Meulles on 28 September 1685, quoted in Thomas LaForest book above, Vo. XI, pg 168.
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