NICOLET, SIEUR DE BELLEBORNE, Jean
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Name NICOLET, SIEUR DE BELLEBORNE, Jean Birth 1598 Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Gender Male Differentiator Among the First Settlers of Quebec; contemporaries and acquaintances of Samuel Champlain; French North American explorer who was the first known European to discover Lake Michigan and what is now the state of Wisconsin. Death 29 Oct 1642 Sillery, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada - Jean Nicolet drowned after his boat capsized during a storm while traveling.
Person ID I11912 My Genealogy Last Modified 26 Aug 2022
Family NIPISSING, Jeanne Kweh Anishnabek Bahmahmaadjimowin Giisis, b. Abt 1602, Algonquin Indian Village, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada d. 1636, Sillery, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada (Age 34 years) Marriage 1623 (1625?) North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada Children 1. NICOLET, Madeleine Euphraise, b. 1628, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Sep 1689, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F9170 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Aug 2022
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Event Map Birth - 1598 - Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Death - 29 Oct 1642 - Sillery, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Marriage - 1623 (1625?) - North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Jean_Nicolet Route de Nicolet à la recherche de la Chine Jean Nicolet Historical Marker Jean Nicolet Historical Marker
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Notes - French North American explorer who was the first known European to discover Lake Michigan and what is now the state of Wisconsin.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Nicolet
- French North American explorer who was the first known European to discover Lake Michigan and what is now the state of Wisconsin.