Le Moyne
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES, a French pioneer; born in Normandy, France, in 1626. Proceeding to Canada in 1641, he lived among the Huron tribe of Indians and fought with the Iroquois. In 1668 Louis XIV. made him Seigneur de Longueuil, and afterward also de Chateauguay. He was for several years Captain of Montreal, and died in 1683. Of his 11 sons, nearly all became distinguished. The eldest, CHARLES, Baron de Longueuil, was born in 1656, and in his youth served in the French army. He Genoa was made governor of Montreal and baron in 1700, and became commandantgeneral of the colony. He died at Montreal in 1729. His descendant, CHARLES COLMOR GRANT, had his Canadian title Gant, ORARI of 7th Baron de Longueuil officially Canadian t recognized by the queen in 1880. Another son, JOSEPH, became an officer in in 1880. the French navy, and in 1694-1697 an brought vessels to Hudson bay to coin 1694 operate with land forces under his son bay to brother Iberville. He subsequently under conveyed colonists to Louisiana, sursubseque veyed its coast, and aided in capturing Pensacola. LEMPRIÈRE, JOHN (long-prē-ār'), a British educator; born in Jersey, about 1765. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He was in turn head-masa ter of Abingdon and Exeter grammar schools, rector of Meeth in Devonshire and of Newton-Petrock in the same county. His famous "Classical Dictionary" (1788) remained for many years the standard work of reference in England on ancient mythology, biography, geography. Another and work of Lemprière's was "Universal Biography" Wo (1808). He died in London, England. Feb. 1, 1824.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's account of 1921 still holds in outline: Charles Le Moyne did come from Normandy (Dieppe) about 1626, settled at Montreal, and fathered a remarkable brood of sons who carried the family into Canadian and Louisiana history. What the entry treats only in passing has since grown far larger in reputation than the father: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, mentioned here merely as the brother whom Joseph came to assist in Hudson Bay, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, who founded New Orleans in 1718 and whose city marked its tricentennial in 2018. The barony of Longueuil, whose recognition in 1880 Collier's notes, remains the one French title of nobility still acknowledged in Canada, and the family's genealogy has since been set out in detail in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The printed text above is badly garbled by scanning, with stray words dropped into the middle of sentences and the unrelated entry for John Lemprière running on without a break.
Written for this edition, 2026.