Fran%C3%A7ois X. Matthieu

Franois Francis Xavier Matthieu was a French Canadian pioneer settler of the Oregon Country. He was educated in American values by a radical schoolteacher. Matthieu became involved in the 18371838 armed rebellion against British rule in Canada, for which he was forced to flee his native Quebec for safety in the United States, where he worked as a carpenter and a fur trader.

Franois Xavier Matthieu was born on April 2, 1818 in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, to Franois and Louise Matthieu . Both of his parents were French, with his mothers family originating in Brittany and his fathers in Normandy. Both parents were early immigrants to Canada, where they established themselves as independent farmers.

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