Jacques Barbel (
c. 1670 – 30 July 1740) was a French soldier in
Canada
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who stayed in the country and became a part of the history of Quebec. His daughter,
Marie-Anne Barbel Marie-Anne Barbel (26 August 1704 – 16 November 1793) was a French-Canadian Businesswomen who lived in New France. She is notable for leading several successful business enterprises after the death of her husband, Louis Fornel.
Early life
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and her husband,
Louis Fornel
Louis Fornel (August 20, 1698 – May 30, 1745) was a Canadian people, Canadian merchant, explorer, and Seigneurial system of New France, seigneur in New France. Involved in maritime trade and both born and married into prominent Quebec families, ...
became successful merchants as well.
Barbel was an active participant in the region from 1687. He at various times was a judge, a royal notary and an important legal practitioner. He was a seigneur and, for a time, acted as secretary to the
Intendant of New France The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony's entire civil administration. He gave particular attention to settlement and economic development, and to the administration of ...
,
Michel Bégon de la Picardière.
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''Genealogie Quebec''(''French'')
1670 births
1740 deaths
People of New France
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