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| Name |
Squire Thomas Morel |
| Suffix |
Sieur de la Durantaye |
| Born |
Notre Dame du Gouvray, Le Gavre, Diocese of Nantes, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I06187 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Family |
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 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F2364 |
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.
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.
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