Robert
CHORET (CHOURET)
(b.
7 June 1648
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
15 June 1716
,
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
)
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Robert CHORET (CHOURET) was born 7 June 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) was the child of Mathieu CHORET (CHOURET) and Sebastienne (Bastienne) VEILLONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Robert married Marie-Madeleine PARADIS 22 April 1674 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Madeleine PARADIS was born 12 January 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine died 2 September 1684 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Barbe GUYON.
Robert married (2) Marguerite LEROUGE 7 February 1686 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marguerite LEROUGE was born abt. 1666 in Paris, France. Marguerite died 25 March 1741 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean LEROUGE and Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN).
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) died 15 June 1716 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France.
Details of the family tree of Robert appear below.
Occupation
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) was a Charpentier.
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
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) was a Charpentier.
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
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.
Family and Children of Robert CHORET (CHOURET)
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Marie-Madeleine PARADIS-- Date: 22 April 1674 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine PARADIS was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Barbe GUYON
Marriage not found on this date at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec in Drouin Collection -- Marriage also not found on this date at Saint-Famille -- records are not very complete for this timeframe -- the marriage likely occurred at Saint-Famille. Marie Magdelaine's father died there in the January following this marriage.
PRDH indicates that a marriage contract was signed between Robert Choret and Marie Madeleine Paradis in 1674 in an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.
"Marie-Madeleine was born on 12 January 1656 and baptized four days later at Quebec. She married Robert Charest, son of Mathieu and of Sebastienne Veillon, on 22 April 1674 at Ile d'Orleans. The contract was notarized the same day by Vachon. They had six chilren, four boys and two girls. Marie-Madeleine died and was buried on 2 September 1684 at Saint-Pierre. Robert married for a second time to Marguerite Lerouge with whom he had eleven more children."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 179
Children of Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marie-Madeleine PARADIS:
Marie CHORET (b.28 January 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1737, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph-Jean NORMAND 29 October 1693 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Mathieu CHORET (b.19 April 1676, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1676, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)
Robert CHORET (b.21 September 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1705 , Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Angélique RAINVILLE 13 October 1704 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Ignace CHORET (b.2 September 1679, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1690, Québec, Canada, New France )
Suzanne CHORET (b.31 October 1681, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1759, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France)
m. Joseph DUQUET 03 August 1702 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean CHORET (b.1 January 1684, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1758, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France)
m. Jeanne-Louise LEMIRE 3 March 1710 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) married
Marguerite LEROUGE-- Date: 7 February 1686 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marguerite LEROUGE
Marguerite LEROUGE was the child of Jean LEROUGE and Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN)
Notre-Dame de Quebec
Robert Choret, widower of Marie Paradis
Marguerite le Roughe, age 19, daughter of Jean le Rouge and Jeanne Potagne
Name: Marguerite Lerouge
Relationship to Head: Conjoint(e) (Spouse)
Baptism Date: 1665
Marriage Date: 7 févr. 1686 (7 Feb 1686)
Marriage Place: Québec (Quebec) (Quebec City)
Spouse's Name: Robert Choret
Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Original data: Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours. Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marguerite LEROUGE:
Jean-Baptiste CHORET (b.2 July 1687, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1758, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France)
m. Jeanne MARTIN dite MONTPELLIER 1 February 1712 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
Marie-Jeanne CHORET (b.8 December 1688, Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 January 1689, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie-Louise CHORET (b.15 September 1690, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 November 1691, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie-Jeanne CHORET (b.10 March 1693, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 December 1760, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste NORMAND 6 August 1708 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)
m. Antoine MASSÉ 9 February 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Pierre CHORET (b.10 June 1694, Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 July 1694, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie-Geneviève CHORET (b.25 December 1695, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1719, )
m. Pierre LEMAY 20 August 1719 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Joseph CHORET (b.3 April 1697, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
Gaspard CHORET (b.25 October 1698, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1780, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Angélique LEMAY 8 April 1720 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)
m. Marguerite AUGER 6 July 1732 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Louise-Catherine GARNIER (GRENIER) 4 October 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
François-Georges CHORET (b.29 January 1700, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1700, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie-Elisabeth CHORET (b.1 July 1701, Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1780, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Charles LEMIRE 23 July 1719 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Pierre-Joseph BIRON 22 February 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
Jean-François CHORET (b.27 November 1705, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1735, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Anne PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN 5 February 1731 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine PARADIS was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Barbe GUYON
Marriage not found on this date at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec in Drouin Collection -- Marriage also not found on this date at Saint-Famille -- records are not very complete for this timeframe -- the marriage likely occurred at Saint-Famille. Marie Magdelaine's father died there in the January following this marriage.
PRDH indicates that a marriage contract was signed between Robert Choret and Marie Madeleine Paradis in 1674 in an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.
"Marie-Madeleine was born on 12 January 1656 and baptized four days later at Quebec. She married Robert Charest, son of Mathieu and of Sebastienne Veillon, on 22 April 1674 at Ile d'Orleans. The contract was notarized the same day by Vachon. They had six chilren, four boys and two girls. Marie-Madeleine died and was buried on 2 September 1684 at Saint-Pierre. Robert married for a second time to Marguerite Lerouge with whom he had eleven more children."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 179
Children of Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marie-Madeleine PARADIS:
m. Joseph-Jean NORMAND 29 October 1693 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marie-Angélique RAINVILLE 13 October 1704 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Joseph DUQUET 03 August 1702 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Jeanne-Louise LEMIRE 3 March 1710 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) married
Marguerite LEROUGE was the child of Jean LEROUGE and Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN)
Notre-Dame de Quebec
Robert Choret, widower of Marie Paradis
Marguerite le Roughe, age 19, daughter of Jean le Rouge and Jeanne Potagne
Name: Marguerite Lerouge
Relationship to Head: Conjoint(e) (Spouse)
Baptism Date: 1665
Marriage Date: 7 févr. 1686 (7 Feb 1686)
Marriage Place: Québec (Quebec) (Quebec City)
Spouse's Name: Robert Choret
Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Original data: Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours. Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marguerite LEROUGE:
m. Jeanne MARTIN dite MONTPELLIER 1 February 1712 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
m. Jean-Baptiste NORMAND 6 August 1708 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)
m. Antoine MASSÉ 9 February 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Pierre LEMAY 20 August 1719 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Angélique LEMAY 8 April 1720 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)
m. Marguerite AUGER 6 July 1732 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Louise-Catherine GARNIER (GRENIER) 4 October 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Charles LEMIRE 23 July 1719 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Pierre-Joseph BIRON 22 February 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Anne PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN 5 February 1731 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
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7 June 1648
Québec, Canada, New France

1648 Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marie-Madeleine PARADIS 22 April 1674, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
He was 25 years old.
1675 Birth of ChildMarie CHORET was born 28 January 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 26 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildMathieu CHORET was born 19 April 1676, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 27 years old.
1677 Birth of ChildRobert CHORET was born 21 September 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 29 years old.
1679 Birth of ChildIgnace CHORET was born 2 September 1679, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 31 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Comte de St.-Laurent
Robert Choret, charpentier, 35
Madelaine Paradis, sa femme, 25
enfants:
Marie, 7
Robert, 5
Ignace, 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Robert Choret, charpentier, 35
Madelaine Paradis, sa femme, 25
enfants:
Marie, 7
Robert, 5
Ignace, 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of ChildSuzanne CHORET was born 31 October 1681, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 33 years old.
1684 Birth of ChildJean CHORET was born 1 January 1684, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert was 35 years old.
Marie-Madeleine PARADIS died 2 September 1684, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Robert CHORET (CHOURET) and Marguerite LEROUGE 7 February 1686, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
He was 37 years old.

1686 marriage
Notre-Dame de Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1687 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste CHORET was born 2 July 1687, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 39 years old.
1688 Birth of ChildMarie-Jeanne CHORET was born 8 December 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 40 years old.
Ignace CHORET died 22 April 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 41 years old.
1690 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise CHORET was born 15 September 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 42 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildMarie-Jeanne CHORET was born 10 March 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 44 years old.
Marie CHORET married 29 October 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph-Jean NORMAND
1694 Birth of ChildPierre CHORET was born 10 June 1694, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 46 years old.
1695 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève CHORET was born 25 December 1695, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 47 years old.
1697 Birth of ChildJoseph CHORET was born 3 April 1697, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 48 years old.
1698 Birth of ChildGaspard CHORET was born 25 October 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 50 years old.
1700 Birth of ChildFrançois-Georges CHORET was born 29 January 1700, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 51 years old.
1701 Birth of ChildMarie-Elisabeth CHORET was born 1 July 1701, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 53 years old.
Suzanne CHORET married 03 August 1702 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph DUQUET
Robert CHORET married 13 October 1704, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Angélique RAINVILLE
Robert CHORET died 4 August 1705 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 57 years old.
1705 Birth of ChildJean-François CHORET was born 27 November 1705, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Robert was 57 years old.
Marie-Jeanne CHORET married 6 August 1708 , Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Jean-Baptiste NORMAND
Jean CHORET married 3 March 1710, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jeanne-Louise LEMIRE
Jean-Baptiste CHORET married 1 February 1712, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Jeanne MARTIN dite MONTPELLIER
15 June 1716
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 68.
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