Cleric.
Born in France in 1705, Aulneau entered the Jesuit order in 1720. He came to Canada in 1734 and travelled west with La Vérendrye in 1735. The following year, Aulneau was murdered with a party of twenty French by Sioux people at Fort St. Charles. He was buried in the St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery and is commemorated by a monument in the cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau and J. B. La Vérendrye Memorial (Tache Avenue, Winnipeg)
Jean Pierre Aulneau, Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 May 2021
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