Étienne
CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE
(b.
11 June 1643
,
Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France
d.
16 May 1724
,
Laval, Canada, New France
)
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Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 11 June 1643 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of François CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Colombe REGNAULTÉtienne was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Étienne married Madeleine NIEL 24 October 1667 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Madeleine NIEL was born 3 June 1652 in Rouen, France. Madeleine died 15 August 1732 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Madeleine was the child of Robert NIEL and Anne LAMBERT.
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE died 16 May 1724 in Laval, Canada, New France .
Born at Villejuif, Creteil, Paris, France
Son of Francois Charles and Colombe Regnault.
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Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was a Carignan-Salières soldier - Monteil Company.
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was a Carignan-Salières soldier - Monteil Company.
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.
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Family and Children of Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE
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Madeleine NIEL-- Date: 24 October 1667 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Madeleine NIEL was the child of Robert NIEL and Anne LAMBERT
Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres in Drouin Collection.
Étienne Charles dit Lajeunesse arrived in New France June 30, 1665 as a soldier in Carignan Salières Regiment,
Monteil’s Company. He married Madeleine Niel on 24 October 1667 in Immaculée-Conception at Trois-Rivières.
Source: Peter J. Gagné, King’s Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673 (Quintin Publications: Orange Park, Florida, 2008), Vol. 2, p 429; La Société des Filles du roi et Soldats du Carignan, Inc.,
Regiment (Soldiers); Thomas J. Laforest, Our French Canadian Ancestors, Vol. 3 pp 56-64, [from Ancestry.com contributor].
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL:
Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (b.8 September 1669, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1709, Varennes, Canada, New France )
m. Louis PETIT 7 January 1686 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Clement CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE (b.28 October 1671, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1743, Terrebonne, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine DUPRÉ 4 January 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Catherine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (b.1 February 1674, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1704, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 16 March 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Michel CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (b.4 February 1676, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 13 July 1703, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX 16 June 1698 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (b.12 August 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1752, Longueuil, Canada, New France )
m. Michel VIAU 28 October 1698 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 23 June 1722 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE (b.30 November 1680, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1759, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Josephe ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 3 September 1702 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
m. Marie-Francoise LECLERC 27 July 1735 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Françoise CHARLES (b.19 December 1682, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 21 December 1682, Boucherville, Canada, New France )
Marguerite CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE (b.23 August 1684, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1750, Terrebonne, Canada, New France )
m. François DUBOIS dit JOLICOEUR 18 January 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Marie-Madeline CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE (b.2 February 1687, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 May 1756, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE
m. Henri-Pierre REGNIER 31 January 1718 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
Jean-Baptiste CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE (b.15 April 1689, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 29 July 1745, Laval, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne BOURDON 29 October 1715 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Marie-Anne LAMOTHE 25 February 1729 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
Anne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (b.21 January 1691, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1753, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Cesar-Marin BOURDON 23 December 1709 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Charles SUREAU dit BLONDIN 28 February 1720 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jeanne CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE (b.5 April 1693, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1728, Berthierville, Canada, New France )
m. Ignace BOURDON 13 April 1711 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Madeleine NIEL was the child of Robert NIEL and Anne LAMBERT
Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres in Drouin Collection.
Étienne Charles dit Lajeunesse arrived in New France June 30, 1665 as a soldier in Carignan Salières Regiment,
Monteil’s Company. He married Madeleine Niel on 24 October 1667 in Immaculée-Conception at Trois-Rivières.
Source: Peter J. Gagné, King’s Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673 (Quintin Publications: Orange Park, Florida, 2008), Vol. 2, p 429; La Société des Filles du roi et Soldats du Carignan, Inc.,
Regiment (Soldiers); Thomas J. Laforest, Our French Canadian Ancestors, Vol. 3 pp 56-64, [from Ancestry.com contributor].
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL:
m. Louis PETIT 7 January 1686 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Marie-Madeleine DUPRÉ 4 January 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 16 March 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX 16 June 1698 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Michel VIAU 28 October 1698 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 23 June 1722 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
m. Marie-Josephe ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 3 September 1702 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
m. Marie-Francoise LECLERC 27 July 1735 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)
m. François DUBOIS dit JOLICOEUR 18 January 1700 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE
m. Henri-Pierre REGNIER 31 January 1718 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
m. Marie-Anne BOURDON 29 October 1715 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Marie-Anne LAMOTHE 25 February 1729 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
m. Cesar-Marin BOURDON 23 December 1709 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Charles SUREAU dit BLONDIN 28 February 1720 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Ignace BOURDON 13 April 1711 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
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11 June 1643
Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France
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'ETIENNE CHARLES WAS BAPTIZED IN VILLEJUIF ON FRIDAY 11 JUN 1643...'
'LOUIS XIV, THE SUN KING, SECONDED BY HIS MINISTER COLBERT, HAD DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO THE IROQUOIS MENACE IN NEW FRANCE. ON 19 NOVEMBER 1663, HE NAMED THE MARQUIS DE TRACY, LIEUTENANT GENERAL, IN CHARGE OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE NEW WORLD. THIS WORTHY LEADER DECIDED TO TAKE THE ENTIRE CARIGNAN-SALIERES REGIMENT, ABOUT 1,200 MEN, TO CANADA…ETIENNE CHARLES DIT LAJEUNESSE WAS A PART OF THIS FAMOUS REGIMENT...'
'ETIENNE CHARLES, AS A MEMBER OF A COMPANY WHICH HAD BEEN DEPLOYED IN THE ANTILLES FOR A WHOLE YEAR, WAS ASSIGNED TO GUARD QUEBEC AND ITS HINTERLAND...'
'IN 1667, WHILE STILL A SOLDIER, ETIENNE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE GARRISON AT TROIS-RIVIERES, SINCE QUEBEC WAS NO LONGER MENACED BY IROQUOIS AGGRESSION. WHILE THERE, THIS 24-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIE-MADELEINE NIEL, ONE OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS, RECENTLY FROM FRANCE. HER LATE FATHER ROBERT AND HER MOTHER ANNA LAMBER, BOTH NORMANS, HAD ...Read MORE...
Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest
'ETIENNE CHARLES WAS BAPTIZED IN VILLEJUIF ON FRIDAY 11 JUN 1643...'
'LOUIS XIV, THE SUN KING, SECONDED BY HIS MINISTER COLBERT, HAD DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO THE IROQUOIS MENACE IN NEW FRANCE. ON 19 NOVEMBER 1663, HE NAMED THE MARQUIS DE TRACY, LIEUTENANT GENERAL, IN CHARGE OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE NEW WORLD. THIS WORTHY LEADER DECIDED TO TAKE THE ENTIRE CARIGNAN-SALIERES REGIMENT, ABOUT 1,200 MEN, TO CANADA…ETIENNE CHARLES DIT LAJEUNESSE WAS A PART OF THIS FAMOUS REGIMENT...'
'ETIENNE CHARLES, AS A MEMBER OF A COMPANY WHICH HAD BEEN DEPLOYED IN THE ANTILLES FOR A WHOLE YEAR, WAS ASSIGNED TO GUARD QUEBEC AND ITS HINTERLAND...'
'IN 1667, WHILE STILL A SOLDIER, ETIENNE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE GARRISON AT TROIS-RIVIERES, SINCE QUEBEC WAS NO LONGER MENACED BY IROQUOIS AGGRESSION. WHILE THERE, THIS 24-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER FELL IN LOVE WITH MARIE-MADELEINE NIEL, ONE OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS, RECENTLY FROM FRANCE. HER LATE FATHER ROBERT AND HER MOTHER ANNA LAMBER, BOTH NORMANS, HAD ...Read MORE...
Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL 24 October 1667, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
He was 24 years old.
Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers (who married Filles du Roi)
Charles, Étienne, dit Lajeunesse, m. Madeleine Niel, 24 Oct. 1667
Soldier, Company: Monteil
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668
Charles, Étienne, dit Lajeunesse, m. Madeleine Niel, 24 Oct. 1667
Soldier, Company: Monteil
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668
1669 Boucherville
'The first baptism of a white child at Boucherville was performed by Father Hugues Pommier on Marie-Madeleine Charles, daughter of Madeleine Niel, on 17 November 1669... For more than 50 years the life of the Charles family revolved around this locality.'
Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest
'The first baptism of a white child at Boucherville was performed by Father Hugues Pommier on Marie-Madeleine Charles, daughter of Madeleine Niel, on 17 November 1669... For more than 50 years the life of the Charles family revolved around this locality.'
Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest
1669 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE was born 8 September 1669, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 26 years old.
1671 Birth of ChildClement CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 28 October 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 28 years old.
1674 Birth of ChildCatherine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE was born 1 February 1674, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 30 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildMichel CHARLES LAJEUNESSE was born 4 February 1676, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Étienne was 32 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildHelene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE was born 12 August 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Étienne was 35 years old.
1680 Birth of ChildÉtienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 30 November 1680, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 37 years old.
1681 Longueuil
Etienne Charles, (1) 32 ans; Madeleine Niel, sa femme, 30 ans; Marie, 11 ans; Clement, 9 ans; Catherine, 7 ans; Michel, 5 ans; Etienne, 3 ans; Helene, 1 an; 1 vache; 8 arpents en valeur.
Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 66
Etienne Charles, (1) 32 ans; Madeleine Niel, sa femme, 30 ans; Marie, 11 ans; Clement, 9 ans; Catherine, 7 ans; Michel, 5 ans; Etienne, 3 ans; Helene, 1 an; 1 vache; 8 arpents en valeur.
Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 66
1682 Birth of ChildFrançoise CHARLES was born 19 December 1682, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 39 years old.
1684 Birth of ChildMarguerite CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE was born 23 August 1684, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 41 years old.
Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 7 January 1686, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Louis PETIT
1687 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeline CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE was born 2 February 1687, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Étienne was 43 years old.
1689 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 15 April 1689, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 45 years old.
1691 Birth of ChildAnne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE was born 21 January 1691, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 47 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildJeanne CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE was born 5 April 1693, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Étienne was 49 years old.
Michel CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 16 June 1698, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX
Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 28 October 1698, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Michel VIAU
Clement CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE married 4 January 1700, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Madeleine DUPRÉ
Marguerite CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE married 18 January 1700, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to François DUBOIS dit JOLICOEUR
Catherine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 16 March 1700, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)
Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE married 3 September 1702, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Marie-Josephe ROBIN dite LAPOINTE
Michel CHARLES LAJEUNESSE died 13 July 1703, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Étienne was 60 years old.
Catherine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE died 8 November 1704, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Étienne was 61 years old.
Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE died 5 February 1709, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Étienne was 65 years old.
Anne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 23 December 1709 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Cesar-Marin BOURDON
Jeanne CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE married 13 April 1711, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Ignace BOURDON
Jean-Baptiste CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE married 29 October 1715 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Anne BOURDON
Marie-Madeline CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE married 31 January 1718, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Henri-Pierre REGNIER
Anne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 28 February 1720, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Charles SUREAU dit BLONDIN
Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE married 23 June 1722, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS
'From the marriages of (their) children, Etienne and Madeleine Niel left 111 grandchildren to posterity...'
Around 1720, Etienne and Madeleine moved to Saint-Francois-de-Sales, Ile-Jesus, to live with their son, Etienne. 'It was there that Etienne Charles, senior, was interred on 16 May 1724... Eight years later, on the same spot, on 16 August 1732, his wife earned her well-deserved rest, and was buried beside her husband.'
Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest

1724 Death - Saint Francois-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jesus, Laval, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
16 May 1724
Laval, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 80.
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