Olivier Charbonneau

Male Abt 1613 - 1687  (74 years)


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  • Name Olivier Charbonneau 
    Born Abt 1613  Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence Bef 1659  Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • St. Etienne (Charente-Maritime) INSEE code 17218.
    Occupation 1659  Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • He was a manual laborer.
    Legal Matter 5 Jun 1659  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • The price of the passage to Canada was raised to 175 livres plus a special charge for provisions and baggage. The cost of the passage for the majority of the engages had to be paid on the ship's return. Olivier did not have the money to pay for the voyage and sought out Jeanne Mance for help. Before the notary De Montreau, Olivier promised to repay Mance the money loaned for the price of his passage and that of his wife and child, within two years. In addition, Jeanne Mance agreed to provide their food during the passage. She even paid for a chest, bought from Daniel Guroy, for thirty one livres, twelve sols. Olivier would pay for the freight of the chest and its contents. Ten years later on 10 November 1669, Olivier received a receipt from Jeanne Mance indicating that he had paid his debt.
    Immigration 5 Jun 1659  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    on the ship Navire St-Andre 

    • Liste de migrants - La Rochelle

      Olivier Cherbonneau
      Marie Garnier
      Jeanne Manse

      Olivier Cherbonneau et Marie Garnier sont engages pour l'Hotel-Dieu de Montreal.

      Liste de migrants - La Rochelle

      1 - Olivier Charboneau, from Maran
      (His was one of 13 families from Maran)

      "Pour les familles de Maran Mademoiselle Mance"
      passagers du Navire St. Andre
    Immigration 29 Jun 1659  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • This was the day of their departure aboard Le Saint-Andre. Barely one league out of port, the ship encountered a storm, lost her rudder and had to return. After repairs were made, the departed again on 2 July. During the voyage, passengers became infected with the plague. Eight to ten bodies were thrown overboard. Food was dangerously low and water was especially in short supply. It was terrible for two months. They were able to get water and catch fish when nearing Newfoundland and Labrador. They arrived at Quebec on 7 September. The contagious fever was brought on shore and spread to several people, resulting in some deaths.
    Land 4 Oct 1660  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Olivier leased a piece of land from Andre Charly dit Saint-Ange for one year. Charly promised lodging in town the the Charbonneau family. Olivier was in charge of 2 pigs, a cow, fourteen hens, a rooster, and thirteen chickens. He seeded, harvested and then paid his rent with twelve minots of peas and ten of oats. Charbonneau received eighty four livers for spending the winter. The land was located between the present day rues Champlain and Maisonneuve, as far out as Duplessis.
    Land 25 Aug 1662  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Olivier occupied twelve square arpents of land between Mathurin Thibodeau and Marguerite Bourgeoy's land.
    Land 15 Sep 1663  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Olivier sold his 12 arpents of land to Mathurin Thibodeau for ten livres.
    Land 29 Oct 1663  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Olivier leased a farm with Pierre Dagenais. Payment was set at twelve minots of wheat, due in the autumn of 1664.
    Confirmation May 1664  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Confirmation 11 Jul 1664  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1666  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8

    • Olivier Charbonneau, habitant, 35 years
      Marie Garnier, 49 years
      Anne Charbonneau, 9 years
      Josephe Charbonneau, 5 years
      Jean Charbonneau, 3 years
      Elisabeth Charbonneau, 18 months
    Census 1667  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9

    • Olivier Charbonneau,habitant, 52 years
      Marie Garnier, 43 years
      Anne Charbonneau, 9 years
      Joseph Charbonneau, 6 years
      Jean Charbonneau, 4 years
      Elisabeth Charbonneau, 2 years
      Michel Charbonneau, 15 months

      Note - Elisabeth Charbonneau est agee de deux years et demi
    Residence 1666-1667  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • The Charbonneau family lived near Pierre Rapin, not far from the seminary of the Sulpiciens. He had three arpents under cultivation, but no cattle.
    Legal Matter 10 Jan 1667/68  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Olivier was brought to the court because he was in debt for two minots of wheat to Jacques Lemoyne. He acknowledged his debt before the notary. Almost by force, twelve livres were extracted from him.
    Occupation 20 Dec 1668  Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    miller 
    • Historian Faillon reported a judgement of M. d'Ailleboust that stated, "A mill was built on the water of the Saint-Laurent river, which was the property of Olivier Charbonneau and Pierre Dagenets." This is how we learn that Olivier worked at the trade of miller.
    Land 12 Jul 1671  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Charbonneau bought fifty arpents of land from Gilbert Guillaume dit Villars (surgeon). There was an old building and an uappraised house on the property. His neighbors were Claude Bourgouin and Prudent Bougret dit Dufort.
    Prenuptual Agreement 23 Nov 1671  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    for daughter Anne 
    • Olivier and Marie promised to give Anne and Guillaume Labelle 3 blankets, 4 chickens and 60 livres "in two equal payments". Anne was endowered with 300 livres tournois.
    Occupation 29 Oct 1675  Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    • Pierre Boucher de Grosbois hired Guillaume Labelle and Olivier Charbonneau as farmers. They were to cultivate the 45 arpents of land already in use, to utilize the shed with its 330 sheaves of wheat and the barn with its 600 bales of hay. Olivier and his son-in-law must pay the owner, 60 minots of wheat and 20 minots of peas each year. The seminary furnished 4 draft oxen, some hens and some tools. This three-year arrangement terminated prematurely in 1676.
    Land 22 Jan 1675/76  Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Charbonneau obtained 30 arpents of land on the Saint-Francois Coast on the Ile de Montreal, facing east of Longueuil. He resold this property to Antoine Dufresne on 27 May 1679. When Dufresne terminated his lease, Pierre de Vanchy took it over. On 29 June 1680, de Vanchy withdrew by paying 3 minots of peas and 2 minots of wheat.
    Land 15 Feb 1679/80  Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Abbot Noel Baillargeon reported that Olivier received land from the seminary on the Ile de Jesus.
    Census 1681  Comte de Laval, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12

    • Olivier Charbonneau, habitant, 70 years
      Marie Garnier, 54 years
      Jean Charbonneau, 18 years
      Elisabeth Charbonneau, 17 years
      Michel Charbonneau, 15 years

      The family had 1 gun, 4 head of cattle, and 6 arpents under cultivation.
    Reference Number 2442 
    _UID 401A93B941644C8FA84F30FE49A3AD8E72C0 
    Died 20 Nov 1687  Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • 80 years old at time of death.
    Buried 21 Nov 1687  Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • Also recorded in records of Riviere des Prairies - PRDH #12914
    Person ID I5557  Lirette Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2020 

    Family 1 Ozanne Lussard,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F2295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marguerite Roy,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 30 Apr 1646  Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F2296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Marie Garnier,   b. Abt 1627,   d. 2 Dec 1701, Lachine, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1656  Saint Etienne, Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Anne Charbonneau,   c. 11 Apr 1657, Saint Etienne, Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1729, St. Francois de Sales, Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. Catherine Charbonneau,   c. 11 Apr 1657, Saint Etienne, Marans, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joseph Charbonneau,   c. 16 Dec 1660, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1722, St. Francois de Sales, Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     4. Jean Charbonneau,   c. 3 Nov 1662, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Jan 1729/30, Varennes, Lajemmerais, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     5. Elisabeth Charbonneau,   c. 11 Jul 1664, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Feb 1737/38, St. Francois de Sales, Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     6. Michel Charbonneau,   c. 2 Oct 1666, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F2290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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