Jean François Charon (1654 - aft. 1719)

Born 7 Sep 1654 in Québec city, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Died after 9 Jul 1719 after age 64 in at sea

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Biography

Jean François was born in 1654. He is the son of Claude Charron and Claude Le Camus. ^[1]

Jean François Charron Sieur de LaBarre

Occupation: a fur trader in Montreal from 1684 to 1692

In association with Pierre LeBer and Jean Fredin, he was a community founder of the Hospitallers de la Croix et de St-Joseph, which was called called Charon Brothers-(Letters patent of the King 15-4-1694) and the l'Hôpital général de Montréal (built in 1692)

First superior in 1694 until his death

Concession of the seigneurie (lordship) of Bonsecours on the Yamaska River on 8-8-1702, sold to René Fezeret the 21-8-1702

He died after 9-7-1719 at sea, on the ship Chameau on his return to Canada

Sources

1. ↑ Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997

• tree: https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/Genealogie_Canada_Children.aspx?genealogie=Jean-Francois&pid=40695

See also

• François Charon. – 1695. Lettre signée par frère François Charon
• http://archivesdemontreal.com/2017/02/22/des-traces-de-montreal-au-temps-de-la-nouvelle-france/005_bm7-1_05p003op-3/

• L'Hôpital général des Frères Charon, aujourd'hui Maison de Mère d'Youville à Montréal
• http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/article-730/L'Hôpital_général_des_Frères_Charon,_aujourd'hui_Maison_de_Mère_d'Youville_à_Montréal.html#.XKGkMExFycx

• Ancien hôpital général de Montréal
• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancien_hôpital_général_de_Montréal

• Profile created by Robert Blais, Tuesday, August 5, 2014.