Archambault, Denis

Birth Name Archambault, Denis
Gender male
Age at Death 20 years, 6 months, 25 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Baptism 1630-09-12 Dompierre-sur-Mer, Aytré, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France   1 2a
Birth 1631 France   3a 2b
Immigration 1647 Quebec, Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada From Aunis, a historical province of France, situated in the north-west of the department of Charente-Maritime. 4 5a 1 2b
Note: 1

Wife Francoise Tourault 47, daughter Jacquette 15, daughter Louise, daughter Marie 3, son Laurent 5, daughter Marie 11, son Denis 17, daughter Anne 16. Primary Immigrant Archambault, Jacques.

Note: 2

Monarque says in 1646

Note: 3

Laforest says: "perhaps on August 5, 1645; but more probably on September 23, 1646"

Death 1651-07-26     3a 1 2a
Note

According to the historian Faillon, he was one of the brave men, who on May 6, 1651, risked their lives to help Catherine Mercier, wife of Jean Boudard. The latter was killed; the poor wife was kidnapped by the Iroquois and tortured at an unknown location. The same year, on Sainte-Anne’s Day, 200 Iroquois attacked Ville-Marie, particularly the hospital. Lambert Closse and his men continued this desperate struggle throughout the whole day. The attackers lost a lot of men. Denys Archambault, while lighting a cannon for the third time, “was killed by an explosion from this weapon which shattered and killed a lot of the enemy”. The hero Archambault was buried the same day. He deserved a monument.

Burial 1651-07-26     2a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Archambault, Jacquesabout 16041688-02-15
Mother Tourault, Françoiseabout 15991663-12-09
    Sister     Archambault, Madeleine ou Aubry 1621
         Archambault, Denis 1631 1651-07-26
    Sister     Archambault, Anne 1631 1699-07-29
    Sister     Archambault, Jacquette-Françoise about 1632 1700-12-17
    Sibling     Archambault, N.N. 1634
    Sister     Archambault, Marie 1636 1719
    Sister     Archambault, Marie 1638 1685
    Sister     Archambault, Louise 1640 1640
    Brother     Archambault, Laurent 1642-01-10 1730
 
Father Archambault, Jacquesabout 16041688-02-15
Stepmother Denot de Lamartinière, Marie