Origin
of the name Lanoue, de La Noue
The first individual to bear this name lived at the eleventh century in
Brittany (France) at the mouth of the river Loire, an area where
masrsland was dominant. In France,
prior 1800's, the patronym "de La Noue" was generally adopted. after
the 1800's, due
largely to the French revolution, "de La Noue" changes to "Delanoue "
or "Lanoue ", thus
losing their nobility appearance.
First arrivals in
Canada
Anne de Noue, a Jesuit having spent several years in the court of Henri
IV as page and later as an Officer of the Court, arrived in New-France
and remained during the
period 1626 to 1629
working near Huron and Montagnais. He then returned to France, and
later came back to New-France in 1632. Fourteen years later, while
traveling from
Three-Rivers toward the Fort of Sorel, he became desoriented in a
snowstorm and perished. Anne
de Noue was born in
1587 in the commune de La Noue. The founder of
Acadie (Port-Royal),
Jean de Biencourt, sire of Poutrincourt, originated in Champagne,
Sezanne. The neighbor in
common of the French locality was called de "La Noue", however, it is
impossible to
establish a relationship with our american ancestor Pierre Lanoue. This
first ancestor of Acadie
(Port-Royal) could have been
recruited by Jean de Biencourt.
Some de La Noue's came to
America,
with evidence amongst other things, to the Louisbourg Fortress on
Island Royal, Toussaint-Marie de La Noue, squire, son of
the late and powerful Lord Sire Toussaint-Marie de La Noue, Knight,
Lord of Bogard, la
Ville-Norme, Saint-Hermes, etc. Council of Parliament of Brittany, and
of Lady Marie-Madeleine Pressac,
father and mother, native of parish of Quaissois, episcopate of
Saint-Brieuc, Commandant
for the King in Spanish Bay. Married on the 17 February 1775 to young
Lady Marguerite Guédry,
daughter of Paul Guédry and noble Lady Anne d' Entremont, native of
parish Sainte-Croix,
in Acadie, Episcopate of Quebec, and living in Spanish Bay.(Reference:
Extracted from the
office clerk's register of the
higher Council
of Louisbourg, noted in the Last days of Acadie, page
113).
There was also
another Lanoue by the name François Lanoue, born in 1708
the son of Jean and Périnne Mautré, in Ploubalay parish, Episcopate of
Saint-Malo. Married
in Louisbourg on October 12, 1730 to Anne Héron, a Parisien, daughter
of Antoine and
Jeanne Verberu. These two persons came from Brittany, the same place as
the first
Toussaint-Marie and of our American ancestor Pierre Lanoue.