Charles BAZIRE

Born

abt. 1624 , France

Died

15 December 1677 , Québec Province, Canada

Charles married Geneviève MACART (MACARD) 11 January 1666 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Geneviève MACART (MACARD) was born 4 October 1649 in Québec, Canada, New France . Geneviève died 22 February 1724 in Québec, Canada, New France . Geneviève was the child of Nicolas MACART (MACARD) dit CHAMPAGNE and Marguerite COUILLARD .

Parents & Family of Charles BAZIRE

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Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1666.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

son of Jean Bazire and Jeanne Leborgne

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: receiver general of duties and of the king’s domain, seigneur, merchant, agent of the Compagnie des Indes occidentales

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.
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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 BAZIRE 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)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles BAZIRE

Charles BAZIRE married

Geneviève MACART (MACARD)
Marriage date: 11 January 1666
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Geneviève MACART (MACARD) was the child of Nicolas MACART (MACARD) dit CHAMPAGNE and Marguerite COUILLARD

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Children of Charles BAZIRE and Geneviève MACART (MACARD)

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Biography

BAZIRE, CHARLES, receiver general of duties and of the king’s domain, seigneur, merchant, agent of the Compagnie des Indes occidentales; b. 1624, son of Jean Bazire, a native of Saint-Vincent de Rouen, and of Jeanne Le Borgne; d. 1677.

He seems to have had only one sister, Marie, who married Philippe Gaultier de Comporté. On 11 Jan. 1666, at Quebec, he married Geneviève Macard, the daughter of Nicolas Macard and Marguerite Couillard; Charles, their only child, was born 21 Sept. 1666 and died two weeks later.

Charles Bazire came to New France about 1660 as receiver general of duties and of the king’s domain. He immediately became active in business, and went into partnership with Charles Aubert* de La Chesnaye. In the 1667 census, 14 persons are listed as sharing his house at Quebec; in addition to his wife, his employees lived with him. The notarial documents of the period show Bazire involved in a large number of transactions dealing with real estate and various exchanges.

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

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

1666 Quebec

Le sieur Charles Bazire .....................24 marchant
Geneviefve Maccard .. .......................15 sa femme
Jean Casse ..................................35 domestique

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