History as we know it
Hubert LeRoux who originated from "Vitry-le-François"
Vitry-le-François is a small municipality of fifteen thousand inhabitants (more or less). It is located within Châlons-sur-Marne department in France. The actual church (Notre-Dame) saw the beginning of its construction on the year 1629 and was terminated in 1678. Hubert LeRoux was born within this parish in the year 1646 and this is the same church that he attended to during the first part of his life and it is within this parish registry that we may trace his history and that of his family.
The father of our ancestor was also called Hubert and he was a Notary Royal in the very same small town of Vitry-le-François and his spouse was Madeleine Varnier.
Hubert the son was in the fur business and as we find his trace again in a marriage contract in Canada, he was categorized as a furrier for a profession. The furriers were in this era very important in France. They were erected into corporations and their statutes dated from 1586. They were the fourth corps of merchants of Paris.
For such a business, Canada did offer at the time many very interesting opportunities and that (without a doubt) was these possibilities that motivated our ancestor Hubert LeRoux (the son) to come to Canada hoping maybe for a temporary stay.
Upon leaving France, our ancestor seems not to have had a father any more, because we may notice written on his marriage contract that his father is qualified as deceased. The very fact that he had the same first name as his father seems to indicate that he was the oldest of his family (as most of the time such a tradition took place for the first born child of a family within this given era).
VITRY LE FRANCOIS
The arrival of the LeRoux in Canada
Four settlers under the name "Leroux" came from France having in mind to settle themselves in Canada.
They crossed over the ocean nearly together within a time frame of less than ten years.
Nevertheless, and they most probably originated from a common ancestor, but nothing indicates that they were related to each other one way or another.
The first, François Leroux, married in 1668, and came from Poitou region. François was the head of the LeRoux of Quebec city and Charlesbourg, and one of his direct descendants established himself within the Sorel area and became the head of a distinct and fourth group of LeRoux of a smaller size family descendants.
The second, André Leroux, married in 1671, was from Normandie region and precisely from the city of Rouen. André had only one daughter who died at a young age thus, André had no descendants.
The third, our ancestor Hubert LeRoux, married in 1673 in Montreal (Canada) came from the ancient region of Champagne, and more precisely from the small town of Vitry-le-François within the now department of Châlons-sur-Marne.
The fourth, Gilbert Leroux, married in 1675, place of origin unknown and seems not to be related to the three others as he settled himself into a completely separate area which was La Pérade and surrounding areas.
Hubert, our ancestor, settled within the Montreal region and he is the ancestor of the LeRouxs of Pointe-Claire, Vaudreuil, and Soulanges.
Descendants of Hubert LeRoux are believed to be those LeRouxs who moved further away from the province of Quebec through the years and established themselves and their families all over North America.
Vitry-le-François is a small municipality of fifteen thousand inhabitants (more or less). It is located within Châlons-sur-Marne department in France. The actual church (Notre-Dame) saw the beginning of its construction on the year 1629 and was terminated in 1678. Hubert LeRoux was born within this parish in the year 1646 and this is the same church that he attended to during the first part of his life and it is within this parish registry that we may trace his history and that of his family.
The father of our ancestor was also called Hubert and he was a Notary Royal in the very same small town of Vitry-le-François and his spouse was Madeleine Varnier.
Hubert the son was in the fur business and as we find his trace again in a marriage contract in Canada, he was categorized as a furrier for a profession. The furriers were in this era very important in France. They were erected into corporations and their statutes dated from 1586. They were the fourth corps of merchants of Paris.
For such a business, Canada did offer at the time many very interesting opportunities and that (without a doubt) was these possibilities that motivated our ancestor Hubert LeRoux (the son) to come to Canada hoping maybe for a temporary stay.
Upon leaving France, our ancestor seems not to have had a father any more, because we may notice written on his marriage contract that his father is qualified as deceased. The very fact that he had the same first name as his father seems to indicate that he was the oldest of his family (as most of the time such a tradition took place for the first born child of a family within this given era).
VITRY LE FRANCOIS
The arrival of the LeRoux in Canada
Four settlers under the name "Leroux" came from France having in mind to settle themselves in Canada.
They crossed over the ocean nearly together within a time frame of less than ten years.
Nevertheless, and they most probably originated from a common ancestor, but nothing indicates that they were related to each other one way or another.
The first, François Leroux, married in 1668, and came from Poitou region. François was the head of the LeRoux of Quebec city and Charlesbourg, and one of his direct descendants established himself within the Sorel area and became the head of a distinct and fourth group of LeRoux of a smaller size family descendants.
The second, André Leroux, married in 1671, was from Normandie region and precisely from the city of Rouen. André had only one daughter who died at a young age thus, André had no descendants.
The third, our ancestor Hubert LeRoux, married in 1673 in Montreal (Canada) came from the ancient region of Champagne, and more precisely from the small town of Vitry-le-François within the now department of Châlons-sur-Marne.
The fourth, Gilbert Leroux, married in 1675, place of origin unknown and seems not to be related to the three others as he settled himself into a completely separate area which was La Pérade and surrounding areas.
Hubert, our ancestor, settled within the Montreal region and he is the ancestor of the LeRouxs of Pointe-Claire, Vaudreuil, and Soulanges.
Descendants of Hubert LeRoux are believed to be those LeRouxs who moved further away from the province of Quebec through the years and established themselves and their families all over North America.
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