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André was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
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He assisted with the evangelization of the American Indians in Quebec. He assisted in the formal ceremony declaring the North West Territory was the territory of the King of France. His first missionary duty was served among the Indians around Lake Huron.
With Claude-Jean Allouez, Society of Jesus (Jesuit), André built the Mission of Saint Francis Xavier in what is now De Pere, Wisconsin.
He returned to missionary work on the lower Saint Lawrence River from 1691-1692. He died in Quebec some years later.
André"s ministry in the New World combined a great deal of missionary work as well as a number of years teaching philosophy and Latin. At some time in Canada he compiled an important Algonkin and Ottawa dictionary and a small conversational manual which still exists.
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Born
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September 19, 1715 (aged 84) -
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France