Guillaume ROGER

Born

abt. 1632 , Paris, France

Died

22 May 1702 , Québec, Canada, New France

Guillaume married Ursule LEVASSEUR 6 January 1672 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule LEVASSEUR was born 25 February 1657 in Québec, Canada, New France . Ursule died 20 March 1708 in Québec, Canada, New France . Ursule was the child of Jean LEVASSEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite RICHARD .

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Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1672.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: principal court officer and clerk of the Conseil Souverain, provost judge of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, royal notary

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guillaume ROGER

Guillaume ROGER married

Ursule LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 6 January 1672
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Ursule LEVASSEUR was the child of Jean LEVASSEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite RICHARD

Children of Guillaume ROGER and Ursule LEVASSEUR

Marie-Louise ROGER

Born: 14 March 1676, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 10 January 1716, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: François-Xavier-Jourdain LAJUS 21 November 1697 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Guillaume's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

ROGER, GUILLAUME, principal court officer and clerk of the Conseil Souverain, provost judge of the seigneury of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, royal notary; son of Roger Guillaume, court officer, and Élisabeth Oussaye; b. in France in 1632; buried in Quebec 22 May 1702.

From August 1674 he acted as a court officer for the Conseil Souverain, and on 15 June 1676 replaced Peuvret* Demesnu as court clerk and secretary; on 25 Oct. 1677 he again became clerk under the latter’s orders. He was appointed principal court officer on 18 May 1681, and was confirmed in this post on the 11 August following. In 1679 the Jesuits appointed him provost judge of the Notre-Dame-des-Anges seigneury. He succeeded Claude Auber* in 1694 as royal notary. While holding these different offices concurrently, he also served the council, on occasion, as acting judge, attorney, and secretary.

In August 1674, Frontenac [Buade*] had the Sulpician François de Salignac* de La Mothe-Fénelon arrested at Montreal, following a

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