Charles AUBERT

(b. 12 February 1632 , France d. 20 September 1702 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Charles AUBERT was born 12 February 1632 in France

Charles AUBERT was the child of ? and ?

Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1664.

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

Charles married Catherine-Gertrude COUILLARD 6 February 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine-Gertrude COUILLARD was born 21 September 1648 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine-Gertrude died 18 November 1664 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine-Gertrude was the child of Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT.

Charles married (2) Marie-Louise JUCHEREAU 10 January 1668 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise JUCHEREAU was born 9 September 1652 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 7 March 1679 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marie-Louise was the child of Jean JUCHEREAU and Marie-Françoise GIFFARD.

Charles married (3) Marie-Angelique DENIS 11 August 1680 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique DENIS was born 16 April 1661 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Angelique died 8 November 1713 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Angelique was the child of Pierre DENIS DE LARONDE and Catherine LENEUF.

Charles AUBERT died 20 September 1702 in Québec, Canada, New France .

born at St-Michel, Amiens, Picardie, France
son of Jaques Aubert and Marie Goupy

photo (above) from Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)

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Occupation

Charles AUBERT was a merchant, fur-trader, seigneur, financier, member of the Conseil Souverain of New France.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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 AUBERT 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)

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