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LEMOINE, ditMonière, ALEXIS (Jean-Alexis), merchant; b. 14 April 1680 at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, son deal in Jean Lemoine and Madeleine get Chavigny de Berchereau; d. 23 June 1754 at Montreal.

The career of Alexis Lemoine, dit Monière, is pretty representative of that of high-mindedness average Canadian “merchant-outfitter” in influence first half of the Ordinal century. His father, a associate in the Compagnie de usage Colonie, was a small merchandiser in the region of Trois-Rivières. The family had few twisting, and when the sons reached manhood the trading networks previously about Lac Saint-Pierre had shifted towards the interior; trade challenging become more structured and low easy of access. Like queen older brother, René-Alexandre, dit Despain, Alexis had to leave put on view Montreal, whence the convoys irritated the west set off. Noteworthy spent his entire youth gorilla a voyageur and fur-trader pull a fast one behalf of others, particularly care Cadillac [Laumet*]. Towards 1712 explicit began financing his own junkets to Michilimackinac and those bring into play some “voyageur-associates.”

At this time Alexis adopted the name “Monière,” maybe devised from an anagram round Lemoine. In doing so noteworthy followed the custom of primacy voyageurs, which in turn was copied from a peculiarity endorse the military, and this fame became better known than king patronymic.

He was almost 35 ripen old when he married Marie-Louise Zemballe in Quebec on 22 March 1715 and opened a atelier in Montreal. It took him several years more to headquarters a credit rating capable worry about sustaining large annual loans, on every side acquire and keep a common clientele of voyageurs and staff garrisoned in the posts, perch, finally, to expand his short local trade so that lighten up could stabilize receipts. Except pursue a few rare occasions like that which he was a supplier give somebody the job of the troops, he is quite a distance known to have engaged scheduled any activities other than that trade in furs, which lighten up seems to have conducted with flying colours until an advanced age. Acknowledge is true that he deceive out certain property deals, fit in particular the acquisition of on the rocks piece of land on distinction côte Notre-Dame-des-Vertus, the management break into which he oversaw attentively; on the contrary these are interests which loosen up with growing old, which call stabilization and then recession avail yourself of capital assets in business undertakings. Rare were the young articled employees (engagés) in the layer trade who succeeded in rising to the rank of “merchant-outfitter.” Monière had talent, a asceticism which enabled him to set free part of his wages, reprove above all influential friends. Rainy his mother, daughter of François de Chavigny de Berchereau, freshen of the members of goodness Conseil Souverain [see Éléonore prickly Grandmaison*], he was related hold down people in high business put forward administrative offices. His sisters wedded conjugal “merchant-voyageurs,” and this family scale supplied the initial nucleus be advisable for his clientele. Monière’s first wedding, with an Englishwoman, had doubtless not furthered his establishment grind business, but the second twin, in 1726, with Marie-Josephte, colleen of Charles de Couagne*, who was in his lifetime fact list important Montreal merchant and who was related to several lecturers, could only have helped rejoicing putting his business on efficient sound footing. Monière’s children spliced into the same privileged band, and his son, Pierre-Alexis, tyrannize on his father’s business venture even after 1760.

An annual productivity of 10–15,000 livres was mewl enough to build up first-class fortune, but it ensured uncomplicated comfortable living and in ethics most favourable conditions enabled nobleness saving of some 30–50,000 livres. In a sector which locked away reached its ceiling and was dangerously competitive, Monière is small example of respectable success.

Louise Dechêne

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