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Norman Canadians are Canadians who can be either French speaking or English speaking. Their ancestors originate from Normandy and they came from, what is called now Upper Normandy, Lower Normandy and the Channel Islands. Normans (''Nortmanni'' in Latin) was originally the name given by the Northern French inhabitants to Norwegian and Danish Vikings that plundered the French coastal regions and to those who finally settled in the Northwestern part of Neustria around 911 AD. Their descendants, that completely mixed up with the local population, were called Norman as well and the part of France, where they lived, Normandie.〔World History, Sanborn & Co., 1952.〕 It could be said that some of their ancestors were the first Europeans to discover North America in 1000 AD (see Leif Ericson). Other Normans came to Canada from countries that they had immigrated to after the Edit de Nantes had been revoked in 1685. Thousands of Norman people immigrated to Great Britain, the Netherlands, South Africa and the British colonies and some to Switzerland and Germany,〔''World History'', Sanborn & Co., 1952.〕 when the majority converted to Catholicism. The first settlers to Canada came from Normandy. Example: On July 23, 1632, 300 colonists heading to Canada departed from Dieppe. They brought with them their own culture and Norman language. Subsequently, those that followed would also speak their language. ==Famous Norman Canadians and notable Norman settlers== Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit, naval captain, lieutenant of New France and governor. One famous Norman that came to Canada was Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, from Longueil near Dieppe and his wife Catherine Primot-Thierry from Rouen, the capital city of Normandy. They had fourteen children. Two of them became famous : Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who founded Louisiana and the cities of Mobile and Biloxi, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, who founded New Orleans.〔Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 115, 135, 145.〕 Another famous Norman was Robert Cavelier de LaSalle, who claimed Louisiana for the King of France, and who established many forts in the Illinois country. He was born at Rouen.〔Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 108-109.〕 Pierre Boucher came to Canada with his father in 1635 from the Norman Perche, and later became Governor of Trois-Rivières. He was the first Canadian settler to be ennobled by King Louis XIV. He died at his seigniory in Boucherville, which was named in his honour.〔Canada-Québec Synthèse Historique, Montréal, (1977) pp 86-87.〕 Jean Brebeuf was born in Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy. He came to Canada in 1625 as a missionary. He went to live with the Hurons and learned their customs and language. He was the first to write a grammar and dictionary in the Huron language. He is Canada's "first serious ethnographer." He also became a valuable source of Canadian history.〔The Canadian Enclyclopedia, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, (1988) p 267.〕 Guillaume Couture was born 1618 in Rouen. Pierre Dugrenier dit Perron was born 1675 in Rouen, paroisse Saint-Maclou Jacques Le Ber, merchant and lord at Montreal, from Senneville, near Pîtres, today in Upper-Normandy. Pierre Garand, ancestor of all the Garand family in America, from Rouen. Julien Dubuque was a Norman Canadian from the area of Champlain, Quebec, who arrived near what now is known as Dubuque, Iowa, which was named after him. He was one of the first white men to settle in the area in 1788. His Great Grandfather was Jean Dubuc from Rouen, Normandy. Wilfrid-Étienne Brunet founded the first Brunet pharmacy in 1855 in Quebec City, the largest one at the time. The Brunet pharmacies are now owned by Metro, and have 124 pharmacies in the province of Québec.〔http://www.metro.ca/corpo/profil-corpo/pharmaceutique.fr.html.〕 Brothers Charles Hamel and Jean Hamel, ancestors of almost all Hamels in North America, born Abt 1624 and 1630, respectively, in Avremesnil, near Dieppe Paul Hus son of Leonard Hus and Marguerite Lenfant, from Montigny, Normandy, colonized the Islands of Sorel. Paternal ancestor of the Hus, Paulhus, Beauchemin, Lemoine, Capistran, Paul, Millet, and Cournoyer lineages in Canada. Name believed to originate from hus, or house in Danish. Charles Robin formed a firm which developed fishing grounds off Cape Breton Island and the Gaspé region. He was born in Saint Brélade, Jersey in 1743. Christian Cardell Corbet 20th-21st century portrait painter and sculptor known for his portraits of celebrity subjects such as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Dame Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood, Sir Winston Churchill and many others. Descends from Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands.〔Canadian Who's Who, University of Toronto Press. Toronto, Ontario (2010) p 119.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Canadian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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