Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER

Born

2 November 1669 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

18 December 1741 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Age: 73

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Jean CHARPENTIER Barbe RENAUD

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Born: 2 November 1669 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean CHARPENTIER

Mother: Barbe RENAUD

Maternal grandparents: Vincent RENAUD , Marie MARTIN

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Gilles-Jean married Françoise HUNEAULT 22 April 1691 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Françoise HUNEAULT was born 5 December 1667 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Françoise died 1 May 1748 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Françoise was the child of Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET.

Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER died 18 December 1741 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER married

Françoise HUNEAULT
Marriage date: 22 April 1691
Marriage place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Françoise HUNEAULT was the child of Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET

Marriage notes:

PRDH indicates that Jean Charpentier and Francoise Hunault signed a contract of marriage in 1691 at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.

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Children of Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER and Françoise HUNEAULT

Catherine CHARPENTIER

Born: abt. 1692, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 29 June 1777, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Matthias Claude FARNSWORTH PHANEUF 2 October 1713 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

François CHARPENTIER

Born: 13 November 1694, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 20 February 1765, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne THIBAULT 10 June 1720 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Suzanne-Marie CHARPENTIER

Born: 24 March 1698, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 12 September 1698, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Marie-Josephte CHARPENTIER

Born: 24 March 1698, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 26 August 1729, Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre TRUCHON dit LÉVEILLÉ 10 June 1720 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER

Born: 12 May 1700, Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 17 November 1770, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jeanne-Françoise CHARBONNEAU 3 February 1722 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Married: Jeanne CADIEUX 30 October 1724 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Married: Marie-Anne MENARD 2 November 1733 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Joseph-Leonard CHARPENTIER

Born: 4 April 1702, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 26 April 1756, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise CADIEUX 24 August 1726 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Married: Marie-Veronique PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR 20 March 1743 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Louise CHARPENTIER

Born: 25 April 1704, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 16 February 1772, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre FORGET 6 November 1724 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Married: Denis TOUREAU (THOURAULT) 13 February 1764 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Anne CHARPENTIER

Born: 31 October 1705, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 7 September 1733, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean CHARBONNEAU 06 November 1724 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Toussaint CHARPENTIER

Born: 21 August 1707, Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 9 June 1753, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Louise JETTE 22 January 1731 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Nicolas CHARPENTIER

Born: July 1709, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 March 1710, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Michel CHARPENTIER

Born: abt. 1712, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 December 1758, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Angelique MARSAN 8 November 1734 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gabriel CHARPENTIER

Born: 7 January 1715 , Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1786 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne MONTEIL 29 April 1737 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Married: Marie-Françoise LEMAY 14 June 1779 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1669
2 November 1669
Québec, Canada, New France

1669 Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada
Baptism 5 Nov 1669
Gilles Charpentier, son of Jean Charpentier and Barbe Regnault

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

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Lauzon
Mathurin Arnault, 32
Barbe Renault, sa femme, 38
enfants:
Jacques, 16
Gilles, 12
Marie, 10
Francois, 8
Sebastien, 7
Therese, 5
Marie, 3
Barbe, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1691 Marriage / Partner
Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER and Françoise HUNEAULT 22 April 1691, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 21 years old.

Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 119

1694 Birth of Child
François CHARPENTIER was born 13 November 1694, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gilles-Jean was 25 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte CHARPENTIER was born 24 March 1698, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gilles-Jean was 28 years old.

1698 Birth of Child
Suzanne-Marie CHARPENTIER was born 24 March 1698, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gilles-Jean was 28 years old.

1700 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER was born 12 May 1700, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Gilles-Jean was 30 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Joseph-Leonard CHARPENTIER was born 4 April 1702, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gilles-Jean was 32 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise CHARPENTIER was born 25 April 1704, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Gilles-Jean was 34 years old.

1705 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CHARPENTIER was born 31 October 1705, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Gilles-Jean was 36 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Toussaint CHARPENTIER was born 21 August 1707, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gilles-Jean was 37 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Nicolas CHARPENTIER was born July 1709, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Gilles-Jean was 39 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARPENTIER married 2 October 1713, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Matthias Claude FARNSWORTH PHANEUF

1715 Birth of Child
Gabriel CHARPENTIER was born 7 January 1715 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gilles-Jean was 45 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Marriage of Child
François CHARPENTIER married 10 June 1720, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Marie-Anne THIBAULT

1720 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte CHARPENTIER married 10 June 1720, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Pierre TRUCHON dit LÉVEILLÉ

1722 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER married 3 February 1722, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jeanne-Françoise CHARBONNEAU

1724 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER married 30 October 1724 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jeanne CADIEUX

1724 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CHARPENTIER married 06 November 1724, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jean CHARBONNEAU

1724 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise CHARPENTIER married 6 November 1724, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Pierre FORGET

1726 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Leonard CHARPENTIER married 24 August 1726, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Françoise CADIEUX

1729 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte CHARPENTIER died 26 August 1729, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Gilles-Jean was 59 years old.

1731 Marriage of Child
Toussaint CHARPENTIER married 22 January 1731, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Louise JETTE

1733 Death of Child
Marie-Anne CHARPENTIER died 7 September 1733, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Gilles-Jean was 63 years old.

1733 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER married 2 November 1733 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Marie-Anne MENARD

1734 Marriage of Child
Michel CHARPENTIER married 8 November 1734, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Angelique MARSAN

1737 Marriage of Child
Gabriel CHARPENTIER married 29 April 1737, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Marie-Anne MONTEIL