Julien Coutancineau my seventh great grandfather!! Julien is considered "THE" ancestor of the Constantineau family as he is the earliest known progenitor.
Julien was born about 1630 in France. His parents names are unknown. He married Marie Langlois in 1657 in France. Julien Coutancineau was the first member of the Constantineau family to establish himself in New-France (Canada). He left Île de Ré, La Rochelle, France, in 1669, with his wife and children, , Marie, Michel, Pierre and Jeanne, and settled in Québec city, at rivière St-Charles. There they had three other children: Louis, Anne and Romaine. That is how my French-Canadian ancestry started. The name Coutancineau, was changed to Cottencineau, then Constantineau. Some other versions in the same family are Constantine, Constantino, Constant, Constine and my favorite Constantinople!! It sounds so royal!! I try to imagine life in the 16oo's and I can't. It must have been hard, but then they didn't know anything different. I would love to know how many descendants Julien has. I'm sure it's in the hundreds!! I'm proud to be one of them!!
How far back can you go on your family tree??
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I am sure it's in the thousands!
It's so interesting reading about your family. I have no idea how far back my family tree goes. My Dad has all the info on his side of the family and my mother's half-sisters have their side's info. I better get on the ball huh!
I do have one claim to fame though. Before I got REALLY stressed out, I used to try to do some family history. There was a surname of Grenade that I couldn't find any info on. I searcher under Granade and hit a jackpot! It turns out the reason it was spelled Grenade on the family history info my Dad has is because his mother had just written down names as they were told to her. Good thing I decided to check!
Cindy, you MUST not ask this question or I begin to twitch. Ask later. I do have a stack of pages about an inch thick of family tree "run off" but I didn't do the work.
Yesterday, I haven't seen this post! THE begining. Awesome, you're very lucky in your searches. Louis XIII ou Louis XIV!
Can we imagine this sea travel, how it would be haphazard and risky. With no idea of their life at their arrival! They were all GREAT MEN & WOMEN.
catherine
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