André Nault (1830 - 1924)

Born 20 Apr 1830 in Point Douglas, Winnipeg, Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Ancestors

Husband of Anastasie (Landry) Nault — married 11 Jan 1850 in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1924 at age 94 in St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

• André was born in 1830.^[1] He passed away in 1924.^[2]

• ANDRÉ NAULT, buffalo hunter, farmer, and captain of the Métis; b. 20 April 1830 in Point Douglas (Winnipeg), son of Amable Nault and Josette (Josephite, Josephte) Lagimodière, known as La Cyprès; grandson of Jean-Baptiste Lagimonière* and Marie-Anne Gaboury*; m. 11 Jan. 1850 Anastasie Landry, and they had 14 children; d. 17 Dec. 1924 in St Vital, Man.

• Although André Nault’s parents were of French Canadian origin, they had become integrated into the Métis community of the Red River settlement (Man.). As a young man, Nault accompanied his father on buffalo hunts to the Missouri plateau, excelling as a horseman and hunter. He obtained river lot 12 in St Vital and farmed there. On 17 May 1849, at age 19, he supported the Métis drive for free trade at the famous trial of Pierre-Guillaume Sayer* by marching “with a rifle at his shoulder.” Judge and historian Louis-Arthur Prud’homme* states that this episode was his apprenticeship as a “defender of the rights and liberties of the country’s population.”

Sources

1. ↑ Association des Famille Nau, Inc., Les Nau en Amérique.
2. ↑ "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records", database, Government of Manitoba, Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency (http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php), detailed death information for Nault, André, registration number 1924-048336.

• http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t4687/544?r=0&s=1

• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/nault_andre_15E.html

• http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-nault/

• http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP9CH2PA2LE.html

• https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/lance/correspondent/Nault-ancestor-shares-his-familys-history-455450423.html

• https://resistancemothers.wordpress.com/a-casualty-of-colonialism/chapter-4/

• Native Society and Economy in Transition at the Forks, 1850-1900, by Diane Payment. Viewable here, Pg. 39, 41-42, 49, 55, 90.