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Le Moyne
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Le Moyne (lə mwän), Canadian family. It was founded by Charles le Moyne, sieur de Longueuil Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur de , 1626–85, French colonial leader in Canada, founder of a famous Canadian family, b. Dieppe, France. Emigrating to Canada in 1641, he worked for the Jesuits among the Hurons, was a trader, soldier, and interpreter at Trois
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, whose 11 sons were noted soldiers, explorers, and colonizers. The two most famous sons were the sieur d'Iberville Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d' , 1661–1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of Louisiana, b. Ville Marie (in present Montreal), Canada; son of Charles le Moyne, sieur de Longueuil, and brother of Jean Baptiste le Moyne,
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 and the sieur de Bienville Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur de , 1680–1768, colonizer and governor of Louisiana, b. Ville Marie (on the site of Montreal), Canada; son of Charles le Moyne, sieur de Longueuil, and brother of Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville.
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405 million sale of Walnut Hill Apartments, a multifamily complex located on Walnut Street in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.
COLUMN: COLLEGE ROUNDUP WOMEN'S SOCCER LeMoyne 2, Assumption 0 The host Greyhounds gave up two first-half goals to LeMoyne College (7-2, 4-2 NE-10) yesterday.
Glancy (Professor of Religious Studies, LeMoyne College) presents Slavery in Early Christianity, a highly scholarly examination of the prevalence of slaves and slaveholders among early Christians, particularly in the Roman Empire.
 
 
 
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