Alexandre  PEUVRET

Biography
PEUVRET DE GAUDARVILLE, ALEXANDRE, counsellor, king’s secretary, chief clerk of the Conseil Souverain, son of Jean-Baptiste Peuvret* Demesnu, first chief clerk of the Conseil Souverain, and of Catherine Nau; baptized 6 Oct. 1664 at Quebec; buried there 30 Dec. 1702.

Following in his father’s footsteps, he occupied at an early age the office of secretary. In 1682 he became deputy secretary to Intendant de Meulles. In 1686, after de Meulles’ departure, he worked with his father at the registry of the Conseil Souverain. At the request of Frontenac [Buade*] and Champigny [Bochart], he received on 1 March 1693 the letters according him “reversion of the office of king’s counsellor and secretary, and of chief clerk of the Conseil Souverain of Quebec.” He held this appointment until his death.

In 1695 he adopted the name of Gaudarville, when he inherited this seigneury; he also secured title from Frontenac, in 1693, to a fief which he had named Fossambault, after his maternal...Read full story


Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

Birth and Baptism
Name: Alexandre Peuvret
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 09 Oct 1664
Christening Place: Château-Richer, Montmorency No 1, Quebec
Birth Date: 06 Oct 1664
Birthplace: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
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Race: White
Father's Name: Jan Baptist Peuvret
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Mother's Name: Catherine Nau
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02776-5
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 1018161
Reference ID: P 24

'Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F2C2-JHV : accessed 23 April 2015), Alexandre Peuvret, 06 Oct 1664; citing Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, 06 Oct 1664, reference P 24; FHL microfilm 1,018,161.
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1666 Quebec
Jean Baptiste Peuvrest Se de Mesnu ..........33 Secr. et greffier dud. Conel.
demoiselle Catherine Nau ....................32 sa femme
Denis Peuvret ................................4 fils
Claude Armand & Allexandre Peuvrest.....18 mois freres jumeaux
pierre Rault.................................40 domestique Engaigé
Jean laVallée ...............................18 aussy Engaigé
Pierre Odieur ...............................22 travaillant
Et Martin Bouffart...........................24 travaillant
La dame vefve du feu sr d'Ailleboust ........45 cy devant gouverneur de ce pays
Aymé Chastel ................................45 servante
Et Pasquier Hubert ..........................20 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783