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Mathieu Robert Choret

(1624 - 27 Mar 1664)

Il est premièrement venu au Canada en 1645 mais est retourné en France afin de se marier en 1647. Il revient l'année suivante.
First came to Canada in 1645 but went back to France in order to get married in 1647. He came back to Canada the following year.

More About Mathieu* Robert Choret:
Fact 1: Event, year, place: Married, 1647, La-Rochelle
Fact 2: Province of record source: Québec
Fact 3: County of record source: Megantic

Events

Birth	1624	La Rochelle, Aunis, France
Christen	Abt 1624	La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (then: La Rochelle, Aunis, Diocese of Saintes, Kingdom of France)
Marriage	4 Mar 1647	La Rochelle, Aunis, France - Sébastienne Veillon
Death	27 Mar 1664	Québec City, Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada (then: Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, District of Québec, Canada, New France)
Burial	28 Mar 1664	Québec City, Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada (then: Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, District of Québec, Canada, New France)
Alt name		Mathieu Chouret
Life sketch		Mathieu Chouret (also recorded as Mathieu Choré) was born around 1624 in La Rochelle, a prominent port city in the province of Aunis, France. His baptism took place at the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes in La Rochelle, which at that time fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Saintes, as the Diocese of La Rochelle would not be created until 1648. La Rochelle was an important maritime and commercial hub, marked by its central role in the French Wars of Religion during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. By the mid-seventeenth century, Chouret sought opportunity across the Atlantic in the colony of New France. In 1646 he arrived at Québec, the principal settlement of the colony and the center of French administration and mission activity in North America. That same year, records show his presence in Trois-Rivières, a fur-trading post established in 1634 as the second permanent settlement of New France. His occupation during this period placed him within the framework of the expanding French colonial presence, dependent on trade, missionary efforts, and alliances with Indigenous peoples. In early 1647, Chouret returned to La Rochelle, where he entered into a marriage contract on 26 February in the Cougnes quarter, a district associated with his family’s parish. On 4 March 1647 he married Sébastienne Veillon at Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes. Shortly thereafter, in 1648, the couple departed for New France, settling once again in Québec. This return journey was part of the broader migration of artisans, settlers, and families encouraged by colonial authorities and missionary orders to strengthen the demographic base of the colony. By 1651, Chouret and his family were established in Beauport, near Québec. Beauport, created as a seigneurie in 1634, developed as one of the earliest agricultural communities supporting Québec. Families like the Chourets contributed to the survival and growth of the colony, providing a stable population base and sustaining subsistence farming and local trade. Chouret and Sébastienne Veillon had seven children, including Robert Chouret, born in 1648, who would later inherit the family’s role in the colony. Their descendants became part of the network of early French-Canadian families whose lines spread throughout Québec and beyond. On 27 March 1664, Mathieu Chouret died at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. This hospital, founded in 1639 by the Augustinian nuns, was the first permanent hospital in New France and provided care to colonists and Indigenous peoples alike. His burial took place the next day, 28 March 1664, at the cemetery associated with the Hôtel-Dieu. The record of his death underscores both the fragility of life in the colony and the importance of religious institutions in its daily existence. Chouret’s life illustrates the pattern of early French migration from Atlantic port cities like La Rochelle to New France. His trajectory—movement between France and Canada, settlement in Québec and Beauport, marriage within established parish structures, and eventual death in the colony’s principal hospital—reflects the interwoven relationship between metropolitan France and its North American outpost during the mid-seventeenth century. His descendants carried forward his presence in New France, linking the early Aunis migrants to the developing French-Canadian population. ================== In March 1649 Robert was awarded a contract by the Jesuits three acres of frontage land on the St. Lawrence River with four leagues deep into the woods near Le Moulin creek. At age 22, after serving his contract with Jesuits, he leaves and returns to France. Sebastiene Veillon and Robert Mathieu were engaged on Feb. 25 1647. Wedding contract is presented to Royal Notary Pierre Teuleron. They were married on March 4 1647. He returned to France to marry and bring the spouse back to the New France March 21, 1651 the families house burns while they are at church. The two sons-Robert and Joseph where also at church. geni.com Robert-Mathieu-Michel Choret Also Known As: "Choret", "Chauret", "Chaurette", "Charet", "Charest", "Chauré", "Choré" Birthdate: 1622 Birthplace: Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes, La Rochelle, Aunis, France Death: March 27, 1664 (41-42) Hopital Hotel Dieu Quebec Quebec, Québec, Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec, Québec, Canada Place of Burial: Québec, Québec, Canada Immediate Family: Son of Thomas Mathieu Choret and Jeanne Chaure Husband of Sebastienne Chaure Dit Charest Father of Robert Choret; Joseph Choret; Marie-Jeanne Choret; Pierre dit l'Aîné Choret, dit Lainé, l'ainé, the older; Jean Choret; Pierre "le jeune" Choret and Ignace Choret « less Brother of Catherine Choret; Jeanne Choret (Charest); Jean Choret (Charest) and Jacquette Chorret Occupation: domestique, Domestic worker for the Jesuits, Domestique des Jésuites. Immigrant

Families

Spouse	Sébastienne Veillon (1626 - 1698)
Child	Robert Choret (1648 - 1716)
Child	Joseph Choret (1650 - 1684)
Child	Jeanne Choret (1652 - 1718)
Child	Pierre Palme Choret (1655 - 1701)
Child	Ignace Choret (1655 - 1701)
Child	Pierre Choret (1655 - 1701)
Child	Jean Choret (1657 - 1699)

Father	Mathieu Choret (1580 - 1636)
Mother	Jeanne Serre (1605 - )

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