Charles AMYOT (AMIOT)

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26 August 1636 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

10 December 1669 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)

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Born: 26 August 1636 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Mother: Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)

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Charles married Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) 2 May 1660 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) was born 28 November 1645 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 21 April 1724 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève was the child of François CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) and Eleonore GRANDMAISON.

Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) died 10 December 1669 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: Bourgeois

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.

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Spouse & Children of Charles AMYOT (AMIOT)

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Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) married

Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY)
Marriage date: 2 May 1660
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) was the child of François CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) and Eleonore GRANDMAISON

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Children of Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) and Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY)

Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Born: 30 November 1661, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1662, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: abt. 1663, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Charles-Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) DEVINCELOT

Born: 21 March 1665, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 8 May 1735, Québec, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1636
26 August 1636
Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Charles Amyot
26 August 1636
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Biography
AMIOT (Amyot), CHARLES, fur-trader and merchant; b. 26 Aug. 1636 at Quebec, son of Philippe Amiot and Anne Convent, buried there on 10 Dec. 1669.

He was educated at the Jesuit college and when he was barely 14 years old he accompanied Father Bressani as a servant on a trip to the Huron country. On 2 May 1660 at Quebec Amiot married Geneviève de Chavigny, by whom he had three children. He opened a store at Quebec, at the foot of the Cap aux Diamants, on a site which his father-in-law had given him. He was then a merchant interested in eel fishing and in the fur trade. It was his travels among the Papinachois that gave him something of a reputation during his lifetime. On those occasions he accompanied Father Henri Nouvel*, a Jesuit who was born in 1621 or 1624 at Pézenas, in the department of Hérault, and who landed at Quebec in the summer of 1662.

A number of historians have confused the dates and routes of Father Nouvel’s and Charles Amiot’s journeys. According to the Relations ...Read full story

Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)

1636 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1643 - May 14 - Louis XIV becomes King of France

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

1660 Marriage / Partner
Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) and Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) 2 May 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was born 30 November 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Charles was 25 years old.

1662 Death of Child
Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE died 5 February 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Charles was 25 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Charles-Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) DEVINCELOT was born 21 March 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Charles was 28 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Charles Amiot................................30 bourgeois
Geneviefve Chavigny .........................30 sa femme
Marie Amiot ..................................3 fille
Et Charles Amiot .............................1 fils

The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Death — 1669
10 December 1669
Québec, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 33.

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