Guillaume LABELLE

Born

abt. 1650 , St-Éloy, Normandy, France

Died

2 January 1710 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Age: 60

Guillaume married Anne CHARBONNEAU 23 November 1671 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Anne CHARBONNEAU was born 11 April 1657 in Marans, France. Anne died 11 April 1729 in Laval, Canada, New France . Anne was the child of Olivier CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Marguerite GARNIER (GRENIER) .

Parents & Family of Guillaume LABELLE

Parents of Guillaume LABELLE

Father

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Grandparents of Guillaume LABELLE

Paternal grandparents

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Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guillaume LABELLE

Guillaume LABELLE married

Anne CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: 23 November 1671
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Anne CHARBONNEAU was the child of Olivier CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Marguerite GARNIER (GRENIER)

Marriage notes:

Notre-Dame-de-Montreal - 17 NOV 1671

Name: Guillaume Label

[Guillaume Labelle]

Spouse: Anne Charbonneau

Event Year: 1669-1680

Event: Mariage (Marriage)

Religion: Catholique

Place of Worship or Institution: Montréal (Basilique Notre-Dame) (Copie textuelle)

Province: Québec (Quebec)

"Guillaume Labelle, son of Jean and of Marie Loue, originally from Saint-Benoit d'Hebertot, Normandy, conquered the heart of Anne Charbonneau and married her on 23 November 1671 at Montreal. They settled on the Ile de Jesus and raised a dozen children."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 69

"At the end of 1671, Guillaume was ready to set up a home. On 22 November before noon, he put on his Sunday best and went to the home of Sieur Jacques Leber, merchand, husband of the 'honorable' Jeanne Lemoine. he was accompanied by Jean Petit, inhaibtant of Longueuil, a tailor, and Beigne Bassset, the notary from the island of Montreal. There waiting for them were the following witnesses: Olivier Charbonneau, his future father-in-law, and Marie Garnier, his wife; Simon Cardinal and Michelle Garnier; Jacques Cardinal, Mathurin Thibodeau and Catherine Avrard; Squire Charles Lemoines, Sieur de Longueuil, and Catherine Thierry dit Primot; Pierre Dagenais, Francois Dollier de Casson, a Sulspicien priest 'head clergyman of the place,' and the future bride Anne Charbonneau."

"...Anne Charbonneau was French by birth like her husband. She had been born about 1657 at Marans in Aunis. She took part in the perilous crossing during the summer of 1659, aboard le Saint-Andre, the same ship which had brought Jeanne Mance."

"On Monday morning, 23 November 1671, in the church of Notre-Dame, the sulpician Father Gilles Perot, blessed the union of Guillaume Labelle and Anne Charbonneau at the same time as those of Jean Groust and Marie-Anne Goguet, Pierre Payet dit Saint-Amour and Louise Tessier. Charles Lemoine signed the parish register as witness to the marriages of the three couples."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 140

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Guillaume LABELLE and Anne CHARBONNEAU

Antoine LABELLE

Born: 20 November 1674 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Françoise LABELLE

Born: 19 April 1676, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 20 July 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Marie LABELLE

Born: 2 February 1678 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 19 June 1702, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Jean MIGNERON 9 February 1695 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Charles LABELLE

Born: 18 December 1679 , Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 22 August 1740, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite ÉTHIER 23 February 1705 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LABELLE

Born: 14 December 1681 , Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 29 February 1760 , Laval, Canada

Married: Louis FILIATRAULT 9 January 1700 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Pierre LABELLE

Born: 1 January 1684 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 12 September 1769 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jeanne BOULARD 25 November 1709 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph LABELLE

Born: abt. 1686, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 March 1750, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite LAMOUREUX 25 November 1709 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite DELPÊCHE dite BÉLAIR 24 September 1743 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Jean-François LABELLE

Born: abt. 1688, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 December 1742, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Louise-Denise MAGEAU 9 November 1711 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Catherine BERLOIN dite NANTEL 24 April 1718 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Genevieve AUGER dite BARON 8 May 1739 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Jacques LABELLE

Born: 19 March 1688, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 6 December 1748, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne LECLERC 21 November 1712 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Suzanne DAZÉ 19 June 1730 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Catherine LABELLE

Born: 5 July 1692 , Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1767, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean SIMON dit LEONARD 1 December 1708 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre NADON dit LÉTOURNEAU 26 April 1711 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Joachim LABELLE

Born: abt. 1693, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 February 1764, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR 20 January 1716 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Geneviève SÉGUIN 10 January 1735 Place: Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Angélique LABELLE

Born: 3 August 1697, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 30 April 1772, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph ÉTHIER dit LECUYER 28 November 1713 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Guillaume's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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LABELLE - nickname related to appearance. Nickname given either to the one who is favored by himself, or ironically to the one who is not at all advantaged, or even ironic nickname to the one who thinks he is 'beautiful'. Guillaume Labelle-Lebel was born around 1649 in St-Éloy in Normandy. Son of Jean Labelle and Marie Louée, he married Anne Charbonneau (14), daughter of Olivier Charbonneau and Marie Garnier, on November 23, 1671 in Montreal. From their union were born 12 children. He was in New France in 1668. In 1675, he resided on Île Jésus (Laval). In 1681, he owned 1 gun, 2 cattle and 4 acres of cultivated land. He died on Île Jésus on January 1, 1710 and was buried the next day in Pointe-aux-Trembles.

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Misc

'Guillaume is the only Labelle to have founded a family in America... Guillaume Labelle, son of the late Jean and of Marie Loue, dreamed of a new land, a new start i New France. When he was about 18 years old, he found an employer and left his family. He was a courageous young man.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 139

1671 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume LABELLE and Anne CHARBONNEAU 23 November 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1674 Birth of Child
Antoine LABELLE was born 20 November 1674 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1676 Birth of Child
Françoise LABELLE was born 19 April 1676, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

1678 Birth of Child
Marie LABELLE was born 2 February 1678 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1678 Death of Child
Françoise LABELLE died 20 July 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1679 Birth of Child
Charles LABELLE was born 18 December 1679 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

1681 Canadian Census Ile Jesus

Guillaume Lebel, 32
Anne Charbonneau, sa femme, 25
enfants:
Antoine, 7
Francoise, 5
Guillaume, 3

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

'The census of 1681 reports the existence of four heads of family living on the Ile Jesus: Michel Buisson, Olivier Charbonneau, Leonard Ethier and the 32 year old Guillaume Labelle.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 143

1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LABELLE was born 14 December 1681 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

1684 Birth of Child
Pierre LABELLE was born 1 January 1684 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1688 Birth of Child
Jacques LABELLE was born 19 March 1688, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Hospitalized at Hotel-Dieu Quebec

'On the first of October 1692, Guillaume Labelle was hospitalized at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec for 31 days. Had he been wounded? On 19 May 1694, a 10 year-old Labelle daughter also stayed at the same hospital for 6 days.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 144

1692 Birth of Child
Catherine LABELLE was born 5 July 1692 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1695 Marriage of Child
Marie LABELLE married 9 February 1695, , Québec Province, Canada to Jean MIGNERON

1697 Birth of Child
Angélique LABELLE was born 3 August 1697, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine LABELLE married 9 January 1700, , Québec Province, Canada to Louis FILIATRAULT

1702 Death of Child
Marie LABELLE died 19 June 1702, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1705 Marriage of Child
Charles LABELLE married 23 February 1705, Laval, Canada, New France to Marguerite ÉTHIER

1708 Marriage of Child
Catherine LABELLE married 1 December 1708, Laval, Canada, New France to Jean SIMON dit LEONARD

1710 Death

'...The patriarch Guillaume was absent from the weddings of his sons Pierre and Joseph in 1709. Illness and frailty kept him home.'

'Guillaume left his loved-ones on Wednesday, the first of January 1710. The next day, Father Benoit Roche, the priest of Saint-Sulpice, curate of Pointe-aux-Trembles, after having prayed for the repose of the generous soul of the deceased, recorded the act of burial in the registry. Guillaume Labelle had just opened the doors of renown.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 147

1709 Marriage of Child
Joseph LABELLE married 25 November 1709, Laval, Canada, New France to Marguerite LAMOUREUX

1709 Marriage of Child
Pierre LABELLE married 25 November 1709, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France to Jeanne BOULARD

1710 Death Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC, Canada

Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783