Jacques LEBER

(b. abt. 1633 , France d. 25 November 1706 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Jacques LEBER was born abt. 1633 in France

Jacques LEBER was the child of Robert LEBER dit LAROSE and Collette CAVELIER

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1657.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) 7 January 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) was born 24 April 1630 in Rouen, France. Jeanne was the child of Pierre LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) and Judith DUCHESNE.

Jacques LEBER died 25 November 1706 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Occupation

Jacques LEBER was a Marchand, seigneur, ennobled in 1696.
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.
Source: tfcq.ca

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 - 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

Jacques LEBER 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)

Family and Children of Jacques LEBER

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Jacques LEBER married

Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE)-- Date: 7 January 1658 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) was the child of Pierre LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) and Judith DUCHESNE

Children of Jacques LEBER and Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE):

Louis LEBER (b.24 October 1659, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louise-Francoise GRIGNON 26 April 1689 in , France

Jeanne LEBER (b.4 January 1662, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 October 1714, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Jacques LEBER dit LAROSETTE (b.26 August 1663, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 May 1735, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne-Claude LACOUR dite MALTOT 28 January 1692 in , France
m. Marie-Louise MIRAY 1 October 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Vincent LEBER (b.8 November 1666, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1691, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Pierre LEBER (b.11 August 1669, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1707, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Biography
LE BER, JACQUES, merchant, seigneur, ennobled in 1696; b. c. 1633 in the parish of Pistre, diocese of Rouen, son of Robert Le Ber and Colette Cavelier, who may have been related to Cavelier* de La Salle; d. 25 Nov. 1706 in Montreal.

Le Ber came to Canada in 1657 and took up residence in Montreal. A brother, François, also settled there around the same time, and a sister, Marie, became an Ursuline nun in Quebec. The Iroquois were then intensifying their war against the colony and Jacques, living in the area most exposed to their incursions, risked his life on many expeditions against these Indians. In 1663, he and François were members of the militia of the Holy Family which Chomedey* de Maisonneuve had organized for the defence of the island.

Le Ber, however, was not primarily a soldier but a businessman. On 7 Jan. 1658, he had wed Jeanne Le Moyne, sister of Charles Le Moyne* de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, and shortly afterwards he went into business with his brother-in-law. By ...Read MORE...

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

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

1658 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LEBER and Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) 7 January 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1659 Birth of Child
Louis LEBER was born 24 October 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1662 Birth of Child
Jeanne LEBER was born 4 January 1662, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1663 Birth of Child
Jacques LEBER dit LAROSETTE was born 26 August 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Jean-Vincent LEBER was born 8 November 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1669 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBER was born 11 August 1669, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1689 Marriage of Child
Louis LEBER married 26 April 1689, , France to Louise-Francoise GRIGNON