ON THE TRAIL ON JEAN LE NORMAND
AND ANNE LE LABOUREUR
NOTEWORTHY NORMAND FAMILY SITES IN AND
AROUND QUEBEC CITY:
· Sillery, Pointe-à-Pizeau (à Puiseaux): Marriage of
Jean le Normand (the uncle), in 1650.
·
Bois-de-Coulonge:
Jean le Normand (the uncle) was a farmer there from 1663 to 1666.
·
Grande-Allée,
on the upper portion of the sports fields of the Museum of Quebec: Owned by the
brothers Jean and Gervais Le Normand from1647 to
about 1667; these were their first lands in New France.
·
Chemin Saint-Louis (actually rue Saint-Louis), corner of rueDesjardins,
next to the Jacquet house (now the Les Anciens Canadiens restaurant):
The location of the house obtained from the Ursulines
on May 15, 1663.
·
Parc Montmorency, on the Côte de la Montagne: The cemetery where the first Normands
are buried.
·
Rue de la Fabrique,
rue Saint-Jean et rue Couillard:
Five locations of houses that belonged to Jean, Charles and Joseph Le Normand
and their descendants.
· Place-Royale and the Petit-Champlain area. Corner of rue Notre-Dame
and Côte de la Montagne: Blacksmith shop of Pierre
Normand dit la Brière.
·
Corner of rue Sous-le-Fort
and rue De Meulles and opening onto the Cul-de-Sac: Two buildings (a family house and an inn)
belonging to Pierre Normand dit la Brière.
· Seigneurie
Notre-Dame-des-Anges.
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On the Canadière:
Land acquired by Jean le Normand in 1658 and by his son, Joseph, in 1685;
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also, several other properties in this «seigneurie»
belonging to Normand family members and others connected through marriage.