Aubin Lambert (dit Champagne)

• General Notes
  • Children:
    Françoise Marguerite Lambert
    Catherine Lambert
    Jean Aubin Lambert+
    François Lambert+
    Marie Florence Lambert+
    Marie Louise Lambert
    Catherine-Élisabeth Lambert
    Anne Lambert
    Louis Lambert
    Pierre François Lambert
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    Immigration Abt 1662
    
    He came to Canada around 1662 living in Beaupré. At the census of 1681 he lived in the Seigneurie of Maur at St Augustin
    
    Aubin Lambert dit Champagne (Odard Lambert & Jacqueline Feillard) was baptized on June 30, 1632 in Saint-Aubin-de-Tourouvre, a village situated in the ancient province of Perche, France (about 140 kilometerssouth-west of Paris). He came to Nouvelle-France as an immigrant worker. Based upon many indications, he would have sailed from the port of Dieppe with a contingent of immigrants, somewhere between 1657 and 1662. In Canada, his name appears for the first time in a deed passed on May14,1663 before Notary Guillaume Audouart dit Saint-Germain in the village of Chateau Richer, where he had acquired a piece of land. On September 29, 1670 he married Elizabeth Aubert (Michel Aubert & Jeanne Aubert) in the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire in Quebec; their marriage was blessed by Father Henry De Bernieres. Their marriage contract was passed in Quebec before notary Romain Becquet on September4, 1670. In the meantime, he had moved from Chateau Richer to St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, situated on the north shore of the Saint-Laurent river, about 20 kilometers south-west of Quebec, where he raised his family.
    
    Aubin's death is indicated to have been Apr 1713 at unknown location, supposedly on St. Nicolas Day.
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    The Lamberts had more than one branch in New France. Four people of that name came here on different dates and from different places in France. The first, who arrived in about 1640, was Eustache Lambert, from Boulogne in Picardy. The second, who arrived after 1657 and before May 14, 1663, was Aubin Lambert, from Tourouvre in Perche. The third, who arrived in about 1670, was Pierre Lambert, of Fourmetôt in Normandy. The fourth, who arrived in about 1729, was Paul Lambert, from Sainte-Catherine, city of Arras in Artois. We will focus on Aubin today.
    
    Aubin Lambert, the oldest son of Odoard Lambert and Jacqueline Feillard, was baptized on June 30, 1632 in the church in Tourouvre, Perche. He arrived in New France some time between 1657 and May 14, 1663. He was not a soldier in the Carignan regiment, which arrived in 1665. He was known by the name of Champagne. When he arrived, he lived along the Côte de Beaupré, on property No. 49 at Château-Richer, until 1666 or 1667.
    
    In 1670, a ship sailed to New France, bringing with it a group of young women who had come to find husbands here. They were the King’s Wards. Élisabeth Aubert, daughter of Michel and Jeanne Aubert, aged 27, arrived with a personal dowry of 200 livres in addition to the dowry of 50 livres provided by Louis XIV. Where did the first dowry come from? That remains a mystery. The King’s Wards had to marry before the date on which the ship that brought them to New France returned home. Otherwise, they left with the ship. Élisabeth married Aubin Lambert on September 29, 1670, in Notre-Dame church in Québec (Act of Notary Romain Becquet dated September 4, 1670). This date was close to when the ship had to leave. It is possible that Élisabeth waited to find a candidate who would agree to settle at the Seigneurie de Des Maur so that she could remain close to her friend Jeanne Gilles, another King’s Ward.
    
    Aubin and Élisabeth had ten children over a period of 20 years: Françoise-Marguerite, Catherine, Jean-Aubin, François, Marie-Florence, Michel, Catherine-Élisabeth, Anne, Louise and Pierre-François.
    
    On October 4, 1690, Élisabeth died at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec, after spending a few weeks in the hospital. At the age of 58, Aubin was a widower with nine children from the ages of 1 to 17. The oldest, Françoise-Marguerite, was no longer living with her brothers and sisters; she had left home when she married in 1685. Catherine, who was deaf and mute, found herself responsible for the entire household at the age of 17. She shared the task of bringing up the younger children with her father.
    
    After Élisabeth died, Aubin left the Seigneurie de Des Maur and settled in Saint-Nicolas, near his oldest daughter. Before he died, Aubin left all his property to his son, Jean-Aubin, who agreed to take care of his father and his sister Catherine-Élisabeth in exchange. Aubin died at the age of 81 and was buried on April 4, 1713 in the Saint-Nicolas cemetery.
    

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