Jean CHAMPOUX dit SAINT PERE

Born

abt. 1618 , France

Died

25 October 1657 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Born: abt. 1618 in France

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1651.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean married Mathurine GAUDET (GODET) 25 September 1651 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathurine GAUDET (GODET) was born 31 January 1637 in France. Mathurine died 12 November 1672 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Mathurine was the child of Nicolas GAUDET (GODET) and Françoise GADOIS.

Jean CHAMPOUX dit SAINT PERE died 25 October 1657 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Etienne Saint-Pierre and Etiennette Julian

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Recorded occupation: clerk of court, notary, and syndic

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 - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

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Jean CHAMPOUX dit SAINT PERE married

Mathurine GAUDET (GODET)
Marriage date: 25 September 1651
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Mathurine GAUDET (GODET) was the child of Nicolas GAUDET (GODET) and Françoise GADOIS

Children of Jean CHAMPOUX dit SAINT PERE and Mathurine GAUDET (GODET)

Agathe CHAMPOUX dite SAINT PERE

Born: 27 February 1657, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Pierre LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY 26 November 1685 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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SAINT-PÈRE, JEAN DE, clerk of court, notary, and syndic; b. at Dormelles in Gâtinois (France) c. 1618; son of Étienne de Saint-Père and of Étiennette Julian, he belonged to a respected family whose arms were “azure, three fusils or, placed fessways in pale”; d. at Montreal in 1657.

Saint-Père came to Montreal, probably in 1643, in order, as he himself declared, “to contribute to the conversion of the Indians,” and from January 1648 he was the first clerk of court and the first notary at Ville-Marie (Montreal). He exercised this dual function from January 1648 to July 1651 and from April 1655 until his death. In 1651 he was the syndic of the Communauté des Habitants of Ville-Marie, and on 29 June 1654 he was elected “receiver of alms for the construction of the proposed church at Montreal.” These different responsibilities entrusted to him by his fellow-citizens show their esteem for Jean de Saint-Père. M. de Maisonneuve displayed no less confidence and esteem when, at the signing...Read full story

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

1651 Marriage / Partner
Jean CHAMPOUX dit SAINT PERE and Mathurine GAUDET (GODET) 25 September 1651, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

Death — 1657
25 October 1657
Montréal, Canada, New France

1657 Birth of Child
Agathe CHAMPOUX dite SAINT PERE was born 27 February 1657, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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