Gilbert BARBIER

Born

13 January 1617 , St-Are, Decize, Nevers, France

Died

15 November 1693 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

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Born: 13 January 1617 in St-Are, Decize, Nevers, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Gilbert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1650.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Gilbert married Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU) 14 November 1650 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU) was born abt. 1620 in France. Catherine died 11 April 1688 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Gilbert BARBIER died 15 November 1693 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .

son of Pierre Barbier and Claude Vizon

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: master carpenter, surveyor, attorney and churchwarden of the parish of Ville-Marie

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.

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

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Gilbert BARBIER married

Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU)
Marriage date: 14 November 1650
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:

Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Children of Gilbert BARBIER and Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU)

Charles BARBIER

Born: 7 August 1651, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 28 February 1657, Montréal, Canada, New France

Adrienne BARBIER

Born: 20 August 1652, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 November 1717, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Étienne TRUDEAU 10 January 1667 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Barbe BARBIER

Born: 9 January 1654, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 24 January 1694, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Toussaint BEAUDRY 24 November 1670 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Agathe BARBIER

Born: 2 August 1655, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 4 August 1655, Montréal, Canada, New France

Gabriel BARBIER

Born: 6 September 1656, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1688, Fort Saint Louis, Province of Tejas, New Spain

Nicolas-Charles BARBIER

Born: 20 April 1658, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 August 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Charles-Henri BARBIER

Born: 8 November 1660 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 8 June 1691, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Married: Marie PIGEON 13 June 1684 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Marguerite CUSSON 25 October 1688 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie BARBIER

Born: 1 May 1663 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 19 May 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1617
13 January 1617
St-Are, Decize, Nevers, France

Biography
'Gilbert Barbier was one of the pioneers that arrived at Ville-Marie in 1642. While he was not present at the founding of Ville-Marie in May 1642, he joinedthe group later in the season.

Because of his small size, he was called “Le Minimie”.

During the early years of Ville Marie, Barbier lives in Box, probably in the huts built for the artisans.

On January 13, 1648, Gilbert Barbier was witness at the wedding of Louis Loisel and Marguerite Charlot who were married at the home of Jeanne Mance. [The grandchildren of Gilbert Barbier and Louis Loisel would later marry (Joseph Loisel m. Marguerite Beaudry, 1710).]

In 1650 he married Catherine Delaval. They had 8 children.'

Source: sinotteloisellegenealogy.wordpress.com/
2010/ 06/ 05/ gilbert-barbier/

Montreal
'On August 15th the first reinforcement of thirteen men arrived, sent under M. de Repentigny, as admiral of the Company's vessels by the Associates at Paris, through the funds collected, as mentioned, on February 2d. With them there came a most useful man to the colony, the pious and brave carpenter, Gilbert Barbier, surnamed 'Minimus' for his short stature. Altar, furniture and other valuables arrived, and Gilbert Barbier immediately set about constructing a worthy chapel of wood, while wings were added to make the mission settlement house.'

Title Montreal, 1535-1914: Under the French régime, 1535-1760
Volume 1 of Montreal, 1535-1914, William Henry Atherton
Author William Henry Atherton
Publisher S. J. Clarke, 1914
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Feb 2, 2006
Page 75

1650 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert BARBIER and Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU) 14 November 1650, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 33 years old.

1651 Birth of Child
Charles BARBIER was born 7 August 1651, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 34 years old.

1652 Birth of Child
Adrienne BARBIER was born 20 August 1652, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 35 years old.

1654 Birth of Child
Barbe BARBIER was born 9 January 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 37 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Agathe BARBIER was born 2 August 1655, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 38 years old.

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

1656 Birth of Child
Gabriel BARBIER was born 6 September 1656, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 39 years old.

1657 Death of Child
Charles BARBIER died 28 February 1657, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 40 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Nicolas-Charles BARBIER was born 20 April 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 41 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Charles-Henri BARBIER was born 8 November 1660 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 43 years old.

25th August 1663
25th August 1663.— Concession to Gilbert Barbier, a resident of the island of Montreal, of a certain extent of land.

Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890

1663 Birth of Child
Marie BARBIER was born 1 May 1663 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gilbert was 46 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Census - Montreal, Quebec
GILBERT BARBIER 40 CHARPENTIER, HABITANT
CATHERINE DE LAGNEAU (DE LAVAU) 45 EPOUSE
ADRIENNE BARBIER 17 FILLE
BARBE BARBIER 12 FILLE
GABRIEL BARBIER 9 FILS
NICOLAS BARBIER 7 FILS
CHARLES BARBIER 5 FILS
MARIE BARBIER 2 FILLE
NICOLAS CHARTRAN 22 DOMESTIQUE, ENGAGE
1666 Montreal Census
The History of Montréal: The Story of Great North American City

1667 Marriage of Child
Adrienne BARBIER married 10 January 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Étienne TRUDEAU

1670 Marriage of Child
Barbe BARBIER married 24 November 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Toussaint BEAUDRY

1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Gilbert Barbier, charpentier, 64
Catherine Delavau, sa femme, 61
enfants:
Gabriel, 26
Nicolas, 23
Charles, 21
Pierre Lorreau, domestique, 10

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

1684 Marriage of Child
Charles-Henri BARBIER married 13 June 1684, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie PIGEON

1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine DELAVAUX (DELAVAU) died 11 April 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1688 Marriage of Child
Charles-Henri BARBIER married 25 October 1688, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Marguerite CUSSON

1688 Death of Child
Gabriel BARBIER died 25 December 1688, Fort Saint Louis, Province of Tejas, New Spain

Gilbert was 71 years old.

1691 Death of Child
Charles-Henri BARBIER died 8 June 1691, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Gilbert was 74 years old.

1691 Death of Child
Nicolas-Charles BARBIER died 11 August 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Gilbert was 74 years old.

1693 Death
Death record found at L'Enfant Jesus de la Pointe aux Trembles, Point aux Trembles, Quebec in Drouin Collection

15 Nov 1693

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

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