BEST FREE ancestry website since 1999 - History belongs to all of us!

Claude CARPENTIER

(b. 10 May 1636 , Neuville-Ferrieres, Rouen, France d. 27 February 1709 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

Am I Your Ancestor?
CARPENTIER Family Tree

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Claude CARPENTIER was born 10 May 1636 in Neuville-Ferrieres, Rouen, France

Claude CARPENTIER was the child of ? and ?

Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Claude married Marguerite BONNEFOY 24 August 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Marguerite BONNEFOY was born abt. 1648 in Rouen, France. Marguerite died 14 November 1700 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales).

Claude CARPENTIER died 27 February 1709 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .

Occupation: charpentier (carpenter)

Details of the family tree of Claude appear below.

The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy: Trace Your Roots, Share Your History, and Create Your Family Tree

Essential Skills for The Occasional Genealogist: Beyond-beginner Genealogy Skills for Busy Family Historians

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.

Claude was a charpentier (carpenter).
In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber

Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Claude CARPENTIER

[Hide/Show]

Claude CARPENTIER married

Marguerite BONNEFOY-- Date: 24 August 1671 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

View marriage record
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Claude Carpentier, son of Florent Carpentier and Marie Gerlet
Marguerite de Ste. Foy, widow of Jacques Achon

"On 9 July 1671, Claude and Marguerite went to the home of the notary Gilles Rageot to ratify their marriage contract... Claude and Marguerite celebrated their marriage at Quebec without fanfare, on the following 24 August."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 80

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

Children of Claude CARPENTIER and Marguerite BONNEFOY:

Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER (b.29 July 1672, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1738, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise GENTIL (GENTY) 18 April 1701 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Elisabeth CARPENTIER (b.25 December 1673, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1735, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-François DUBUC 20 November 1696 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Alexis CARPENTIER (b.6 December 1675, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1731, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France)
m. Marie MARIEN 26 April 1701 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Benoit CARPENTIER (b.2 February 1678, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1729, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Therese DUBOCQ (DUBEAU) 30 May 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Antoine CARPENTIER (b.17 March 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1736, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Thérèse MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) 21 May 1708 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marguerite TREPANIER 12 October 1717 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marie-Madeleine MARCOUX 6 November 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

François CARPENTIER (b.3 November 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 23 December 1749, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne BÉLAND 17 January 1707 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude CARPENTIER (b.29 July 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1728, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise CARON 17 January 1718 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Geneviève-Michele MARCHAND 26 April 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis CARPENTIER (b.21 July 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. February 1724, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

Étienne CARPENTIER (b.13 May 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1724, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Charlotte BLANCHON 25 November 1715 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph CARPENTIER (b.8 July 1690, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1735, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Louse SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR 9 November 1716 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
m. Marie-Anne BELAND 9 November 1729 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Add History, Life Events, News, Stories about Claude CARPENTIER
(Examples include: Birth, Baptism, Census Records, Military Records, Death, Obituary, Personal Achievements, Other events)

[Hide/Show]

Exploring the Ancestry of Claude CARPENTIER: Events, Pictures, and Documents

1636 Birth
10 May 1636
Neuville-Ferrieres, Rouen, France

Biography
'Claude, son of Florent Carpentier and of Marie Gerlet, is said to be originally from Neuville-Ferrieres in Normandy, today the canton of Neufchatel-en-Bray, arrondissement of Dieppe, in the department of the Seine-Maritime... Claude Carpentier as baptized on 10 May 1636...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Pages 77-78

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

1665 New France
'Claude Carpentier appeared for the first time in our history on 26 August 1665, when he attended the wedding of Bernard Faure and Isabellle Breuillet as a witness.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 78

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Claude Carpentier - 30 domestique engaigé at Quebec Seminary
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1671 Marriage / Partner
Claude CARPENTIER and Marguerite BONNEFOY 24 August 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 35 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was born 29 July 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 36 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CARPENTIER was born 25 December 1673, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 37 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Alexis CARPENTIER was born 6 December 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 39 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Benoit CARPENTIER was born 2 February 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Claude was 41 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Antoine CARPENTIER was born 17 March 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 43 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Dombour Neuville
Claude Carpentier, charpentier, 45
Marguerite Ste. Foye (de Ste. Foye ou Bonnefoy), sa femme, veuve Hachon (Jacques Achon), 33
enfants:
Anne Achon, 13
Louise Achon, 12
Jean Carpentier, 9
Elizabeth Carpentier, 8
Alexis Carpentier, 6
Benoist Carpentier, 4
Antoine Carpentier, 2

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

1682 Birth of Child
François CARPENTIER was born 3 November 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 46 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Claude CARPENTIER was born 29 July 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 48 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Louis CARPENTIER was born 21 July 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 50 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Étienne CARPENTIER was born 13 May 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 52 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Joseph CARPENTIER was born 8 July 1690, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude was 54 years old.

1696 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth CARPENTIER married 20 November 1696, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Jean-François DUBUC

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

1700 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BONNEFOY died 14 November 1700, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1701 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER married 18 April 1701, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie-Françoise GENTIL (GENTY)

1701 Marriage of Child
Alexis CARPENTIER married 26 April 1701, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie MARIEN

1707 Marriage of Child
François CARPENTIER married 17 January 1707, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie-Anne BÉLAND

1708 Marriage of Child
Antoine CARPENTIER married 21 May 1708, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Thérèse MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)

1708 Marriage of Child
Benoit CARPENTIER married 30 May 1708, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Therese DUBOCQ (DUBEAU)

1709 Death
'Claude Carpentier survived her by nine years. On Wednesday, 27 February 1709, he went to take his first steps with his spouse on the church square in Paradise. His three sons, Alexis, Francois and Claude served as his grieving but grateful witnesses.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 85