Charles LEGARDEUR

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abt. 1611 , Thury-Harcourt, Calvados, France

Died

10 November 1695 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1611 in Thury-Harcourt, Calvados, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1636.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Charles married Geneviève JUCHEREAU 1 October 1648 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Geneviève JUCHEREAU was born 25 July 1632 in France. Geneviève died 5 November 1687 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève was the child of Jean JUCHEREAU and Marie-Catherine LANGLOIS.

Charles LEGARDEUR died 10 November 1695 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Rene Legardeur and Catherine DeCorday

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Seigneur de Tilly, Gouverneur de Trois-Rivieres

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 Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Charles LEGARDEUR was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

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Charles LEGARDEUR married

Geneviève JUCHEREAU
Marriage date: 1 October 1648
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Geneviève JUCHEREAU was the child of Jean JUCHEREAU and Marie-Catherine LANGLOIS

Children of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU

Catherine LEGARDEUR

Born: 8 August 1649, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 June 1732, Sorel, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre SAUREL (SOREL) 10 October 1668 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie LEGARDEUR

Born: 11 February 1651, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER 10 November 1672 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Noel LEGARDEUR

Born: 24 December 1652, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 13 August 1720, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine BOUCHER 24 November 1680 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste LEGARDEUR

Born: 13 June 1655, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 August 1705, Rochefort, France

Marguerite LEGARDEUR

Born: 29 July 1657, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 26 February 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre ST-OURS dit L’ECHAILLON 29 July 1708 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Married: Charles LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) 17 September 1737 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Charles LEGARDEUR

Born: 24 August 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

René LEGARDEUR

Born: 3 October 1660, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Barbe ST-OURS 19 September 1694 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND 6 October 1715 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Louise LAMY dite DEFOND 23 December 1725 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine LEGARDEUR

Born: abt. 1662, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Augustin LEGARDEUR

Born: abt. 1664, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Geneviève LEGARDEUR

Born: abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR

Born: 28 October 1667, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 13 January 1737, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Augustin ROUER 1 September 1689 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR

Born: 8 October 1670, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 April 1706, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: René DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) 13 October 1689 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louise LEGARDEUR

Born: 24 March 1674, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 10 January 1698, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Louis GANNES 12 July 1695 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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LEGARDEUR DE TILLY, CHARLES, navigator, governor of Trois-Rivières, member of the Communauté des Habitants, business man, furtrader, councillor of the Conseil Souverain of New France; b. probably 1614 at Thury-Harcourt (Haute-Normandie), son of René Legardeur de Tilly and Catherine de Cordé; d. 10 Nov. 1695 at Quebec.

Charles Legardeur was 22 when he landed at Quebec in 1636, with his brother Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. He was said at that time to be “proficient in the art of navigation,” which is quite probable, since in 1645 we find him in command of a ship that was plying between Quebec and the mother country.

Like his brother Pierre, he played an active part in the organization and administration of the Communauté des Habitants. He held the office of governor of Trois-Rivières from 1648 to 1650. When he returned to Quebec, he concerned himself with business. He entered into a partnership with François Byssot and Jean-Paul Godefroy in order to hunt seal at Tadoussac and...Read full story

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

1648 Marriage / Partner
Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU 1 October 1648, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1649 Birth of Child
Catherine LEGARDEUR was born 8 August 1649, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1651 Birth of Child
Marie LEGARDEUR was born 11 February 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1652 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel LEGARDEUR was born 24 December 1652, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1655 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEGARDEUR was born 13 June 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1657 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEGARDEUR was born 29 July 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Birth of Child
Charles LEGARDEUR was born 24 August 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1660 Birth of Child
René LEGARDEUR was born 3 October 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Charles Legardeur escuyer Sr de Tilly .......50 Coner. aud. Conel.
demoiselle Geneviefve Juchereau .............33 Sa femme
Catherine legardeur .........................17 fille
marie legardeur .............................15 fille
Pierre Noel Legardeur .......................13 fils
Jean Baptiste Legardeur .....................11 fils
Marguerite Legardeur .........................9 fille
Charles legardeur ............................7 fils
René Legardeur ..............................6 fils
Marie Magdelaine leg;xdeur ...................4 fille
Augustin legardeur ...........................2 fils
Geneviefve Legardeur ....................2 mois fille
Jean Bray .............................22 Engaigé domestique
Jean du Val .................................22 domestique Engaigé
Jean Denis ..................................21 tireur de pierre Engaigé
Et Gilles Cadieu ............................20 aussy Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR was born 28 October 1667, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1668 Marriage of Child
Catherine LEGARDEUR married 10 October 1668, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre SAUREL (SOREL)

1670 Birth of Child
Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR was born 8 October 1670, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1672 Marriage of Child
Marie LEGARDEUR married 10 November 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER

1674 Birth of Child
Louise LEGARDEUR was born 24 March 1674, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1680 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Noel LEGARDEUR married 24 November 1680, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Madeleine BOUCHER

1687 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève JUCHEREAU died 5 November 1687, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR married 1 September 1689, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Augustin ROUER

1689 Marriage of Child
Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR married 13 October 1689, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to René DAMOUR (D'AMOURS)

1694 Marriage of Child
René LEGARDEUR married 19 September 1694, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Barbe ST-OURS

Death — 1695
10 November 1695
Québec, Canada, New France

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