LEJEUNE, Olivier^[1]

Abt 1620 - 1654  (34 years)

• Name	LEJEUNE, Olivier
  Birth	Abt 1620	Madagascar or Guinee
  Christening	14 May 1633	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Race	Black
  Death	10 May 1654	Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  Person ID	I57269	Hemond
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, Guillaume,   b. 11 Oct 1588, Saint-Servan, France d. 4 Mar 1663, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	guardian
  Mother	HEBERT, Guillemette,   b. Abt 1604, Paris, France d. 20 Oct 1684, Hopital General de Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	guardian
  Marriage	26 Aug 1621	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S965] A New Generation: Marie Guillemette Hebert, marie_hebert.pdf. On a different note, the Couillards may have been the first French-Canadians to own a black slave. When the Kirkes removed themselves from Quebec, they left behind a little boy that they had captured at Madagascar, so Guillaume purchased him from the bailiff. In July of 1632, they had him baptized under the name Olivier, after son-in-law Olivier Tardiff. Later, a Jesuit priest called him "Paul the Young Person", so the little boy grew up as Olivier Le Jeune. In one letter, Champlain refers to him as the Couillard's "pet", and on official documents he is listed as a servant. [S965] A New Generation: Marie Guillemette Hebert, marie_hebert.pdf. [S730] SGCF, Rapprochement: De Guillaume Couillard a Philippe Couillard, (Memoires, vol 58, num. 3, Fall 2007), rapprochement_couillard.pdf.