Aubin Lambert
(1632-1713) and Élisabeth
Aubert (abt. 1643-1690)
The
Lamberts have 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, as he is our direct ancestor
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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