Pierre Desportes

Pierre was born in 1594 in l'ev, Lisieux, Normandy, France. Pierre's father was Louis Desportes and his mother was Anne Dupoteau. He was an only child. He died at the age of 35 on May 18th, 1629 in Québec City, Québec, CA.

General Notes
- He emigrated in 1614 from France. One of 34 people of French origin in Quebec at the onset of the English occupation. Left Quebec with wife and daughter, returning to France on July 24, 1629. They left when the Kirke* Brothers took Quebec. *BIOGRAPHY: Kirke, Sir David, an English merchant and adventurer in Canada. At the outbreak of war between France and England in 1627, Kirke and his four brothers led an attack on Quebec that was orginized by a new English company seeking control of the St. Lawrence River fur trade. After completely dominating the river and the Gulf of St. Lawrence for two years, Kirke forced Samuel de Champlain to surrender the starved Quebec on July 19, 1629. The city was restored to French rule in 1632. -Copyright 1993 Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. He died after MAY 18 1629 in Québec, New France.