Augustin ROUER

(b. 13 June 1664 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1711 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Augustin ROUER was born 13 June 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France

Augustin ROUER was the child of Louis ROUER and Catherine SEVESTRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Charles SEVESTRE and Marie PICHON

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

Augustin married Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR 1 September 1689 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR was born 28 October 1667 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 13 January 1737 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU.

Augustin ROUER died 12 May 1711 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Occupation

Augustin ROUER was a first seigneur of Rimouski and councillor on the Conseil Souverain.

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.

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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

Augustin ROUER 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.

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Family and Children of Augustin ROUER

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Augustin ROUER married

Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR-- Date: 1 September 1689 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR was the child of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU

Children of Augustin ROUER and Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR:

Angélique-Hyacinthe ROUER (b.14 July 1692, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1749, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Charles-Nicolas D'AMOURS 20 May 1717 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)
m. Denis ROUSSEAU 7 June 1736 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jacques-Augustin ROUER (b.1 August 1694, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 20 December 1762, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine FOULON dite DUMONT 14 July 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Geneviève-Françoise ROUER (b.2 November 1700, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1760, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada )
m. Louis-Joseph LAMBERT 16 November 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1664 Birth
13 June 1664
Québec, Canada, New France

Biography
ROUER DE VILLERAY ET DE LA CARDONNIÈRE, AUGUSTIN, first seigneur of Rimouski and councillor on the Conseil Souverain; baptized 13 June 1664 at Quebec, son of Louis Rouer* de Villeray, councillor of the Conseil Souverain, and of Catherine Sevestre; d. in the spring of 1711. He bore the name La Cardonnière until the death of his father on 6 Dec. 1700, and subsequently, as the eldest son of the family, he inherited the title of Villeray.

Since his father ranked among the most important members of the colony, Augustin received on 27 April 1684, jointly with his brother Louis Rouer* d’Artigny, the seigneury of Île Verte, having a frontage of two leagues on the St Lawrence River and extending to a depth of two leagues back, together with the islands and islets opposite this shore. The parish of Île Verte is situated today on the site of this seigneury.

On 6 Oct. 1685 Jacques de Meulles wrote a long report to the minister, Seignelay. He requested that the post of special lieutenant on...Read MORE...

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Louis Rouer sieur de Villeray ...............37 Conel au Conl' Souverain
Demoiselle Catherine Sevestre ...............22 sa femme
Augustin Roüer .............................. 3 leur fils
Nicolas Langlois ............................22 tisseran domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
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1688 - Seigniory (Rimouski) Granted, April 24, 1688, to Sieur de la Cordoniere
Rimouski was called Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski in honor of the first inhabitant of the locality, Mr. Germain Lepage who acquired, in 1694, the seigneury of Rimouski granted to Augustin Rouer de Villeray and La Cardonnière, six years later. early.
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1689 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ROUER and Marie-Louise LEGARDEUR 1 September 1689, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Angélique-Hyacinthe ROUER was born 14 July 1692, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Augustin was 28 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Jacques-Augustin ROUER was born 1 August 1694, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 30 years old.

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

1700 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Françoise ROUER was born 2 November 1700, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 36 years old.