Pierre Urgel Archambault (1812 - 1871)

Born 11 Jan 1812 in L'Assomption, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Joséphine Beaupré — married 16 Feb 1835 in L'Assomption, Bas-Canada

Husband of Louise Poulin — married 28 May 1867 in Saint-Jean, Bas-Canada [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1871 at age 59 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Pierre was born in 1812^[1]. He was the son of Pierre Archambault and Madeleine Bruguier. He married Josephine Beaupre in 1835 ^[2]. He passed away on the 19th of April 1871^[3].

ARCHAMBAULT, PIERRE-URGEL, legislative councillor, one of those responsible for founding the École d’Agriculture de L’Assomption; b. 11 Jan. 1812 at L’Assomption, L.C., of the marriage of Pierre-Amable Archambault and Madeleine Bruguière; d. 19 Aug. 1871 in the same municipality.

Pierre-Urgel Archambault was one of the descendants in the imposing line of Archambaults that sprang from Jacques Archambault and Françoise Toureault (Thoureault), who came to Canada from Dompierre-sur-Mer in 1645. A merchant’s son, Pierre-Urgel Archambault continued his father’s business at L’Assomption, which was important as a commercial centre to the northeast of Montreal before the railways were built. He was mayor of his town from 1847 to 1854, was elected legislative councillor for the division of Repentigny in 1858, and remained a councillor until 1867. Like several members of his family he joined the militia. He became major of the 1st battalion of L’Assomption in 1851, then lieutenant-colonel in 1859.

In 1835, at L’Assomption, Pierre-Urgel Archambault had married Joséphine Beaupré. They had two sons and three daughters; one of the daughters, Georgine, married twice, her second husband being Louis-Olivier Taillon*, prime minister of Quebec for a few days in 1887 and from 1892 to 1896, and postmaster general of Canada in 1896. Pierre-Urgel Archambault remarried about 1862, his second wife being Louise Poulin. He was first cousin of Louis Archambault, who had six children, one being Urgel-Eugène*, the organizer of the Montreal Catholic school commission and the founder of the Académie du Plateau and the École Polytechnique of Montreal. Pierre-Urgel Archambault died on 19 Aug. 1871 at L’Assomption; he was 59 years old. ^[4]

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Vital records

• On 16 Feb 1835, in L'Assomption, Sieur Pierre Urgel Archambault adult son of Ecuier Major de Milice Amable Archambault and Dame Magdeleine Bouguière married Joséphine Beaupré minor daughter of Ecuier Capitaine de Milice Benjamin Beaupré and the late Dame Julie Mercier. Many named witnesses with relationships detailed, both fathers were present. Both the bride and groom sign along with many witnesses. ^[5]

Research Notes

According to https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/tree/7688219/family?cfpid=924125836 Pierre had seven children Athala (1838), Louise G. (1841), Oscar (1843-1898), Julie Laura (1844), Tancrede (1846-1925), Ester Amelie (1848-1850) and Ernestine E (1851-1880). Jourdeuil-1 08:57, 8 February 2018 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=drouinvitals&h=1220347 3&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
2. ↑ search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=drouinvitals&h=2651185 &ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=drouinvitals&h=1019058 5&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ Louis-Philippe Audet, “ARCHAMBAULT, PIERRE-URGEL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed March 6, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/archambault_pierre_urgel_10E.html.
5. ↑ genealogiequebec, Drouin Collection of Parish Registers Marriage IGD(Drouin) (forfait/paid service)