Clément Lerigé, Sieur deLa Plante, the Canadian ancestor of the families Leriger, Dériger, deLa Plante, La Plante and Laplante-Courville arrived in the country in 1685 (1) with Monsieur de Denonville, in his capacity as ensign with shoulder lanyard in the TroupesdelaMarine.
Its alliances with the Mesturas and Hérauld de Gourville families, and the untanglings in a long court case on the subject of the inheritance of Pierre Lériget dela Ménardie, Receiver General of Finances for Dauphiné province, had made clear the necessity of establishing the genealogy of this family.
Roch, sieur deLa Faye, born and baptized in 1585 (deLa Faye branch).
In 1822 and 1831, the compagnies ordinaires dela mer were used to create the marine infantry and marine artillery, dedicated to land combat arising during naval expeditions.
In 1900 the troupesdemarine were removed from the responsibility of the Ministère delaMarine (analogous to the British Admiralty) and transferred to the ministry of War.
Régiment d'Infanterie deMarine du Pacifique - Nouvelle Calédonie (RIMaP-NC) in Noumea New Caledonia (infantry)
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