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Mathieu D'Amours des Chauffours (1618-1695), son of Louis D'Amours and Elizabeth Tessier, immigrated from Paris, France to Quebec, Quebec and married Marie Marsolet in 1652. Some of his sons used a surname of D'Amours de Louvieres; his grandsons (also using D'Amours de Louvieres) were among those who went to Acadia for a time, and from there immigrated to the United States, moving from Massachusetts to Louisiana, In Louisiana, the family used only the surname Louviere. Descendants and relatives lived in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Missachu- setts, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere. Vol. 1 includes several connections between Mathieu D'Amours des Chauffours and the French nobility and royalty, and then shows the lineage of these noble lines to 380 A.D. Vol. 2 includes additional lineage of the French royalty and nobility, and then concentrates chiefly on the D'Amours de Louvières family in France, in Quebec and Nova Scotia (Acadia) in Canada, and in various parishes in Louisiana and elsewhere. Vol. 3 "contains the known Louvière descendants of Jean Baptiste D'Amours De Louvière and Marie Genevieve Bergeron, found in Louisiana and Texas thru 1900 ..."
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Annotated Bibliog Genealog Vol 1 is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
Nicholas Marsolet immigrated from France to Quebec in Canada in 1608, and his daughter, Marie Marsolet, married Mathieu d'Amours (ca. 1618- 1695) in 1652. Mathieu had immigrated in 1651 from Paris to Quebec City, and was active in the council and military affairs in Quebec and Acadia (Nova Scotia). Descendants and relatives lived in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to New England, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and elsewhere.