Joseph Aubery
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Joseph AuberyJoseph Aubery (born at Gisors
in Normandy
, 10 May 1673; died at Saint-François, Quebec
, Canada, 2 July 1755 was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. Chateaubriand reproduces the life-story of Father Aubery in the character of the missionary in his Atala
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where he was also instructor for five years, and where he was ordained in 1700.
Assigned to the Abenaki mission, he re-established in 1701 the mission at Medoctec. It was on the St. John River, at Hay's Creek, and appears to have been abandoned by the Franciscans about a year earlier. In 1708 he was given charge of the Abenaki reduction at St. François. He remained in that mission for nearly half a century.
. His plan, however, was not accepted. These documents were preserved in the Paris archives.
An unpublished French-Abenaki dictionary came to light in the twentieth century.
Gisors
Gisors is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located northwest from the center of Paris.Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 12,669 inhabitants...
in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, 10 May 1673; died at Saint-François, Quebec
Saint-François, Quebec
Saint-François is the second largest neighbourhood of Laval, Quebec, Canada, after Duvernay. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.Agriculture occupies most of the land area....
, Canada, 2 July 1755 was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. Chateaubriand reproduces the life-story of Father Aubery in the character of the missionary in his Atala
Atala
Atala may refer to:* Atala , an Italian manufacturer of bicycles* 152 Atala, an asteroid.* Eumaeus atala, a species of butterfly.* Atala , a novella by François-René de Chateaubriand...
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Life
At the age of seventeen he entered the Society of Jesus, and for four years studied in Paris. He arrived in Canada in 1694 and completed his studies at QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
where he was also instructor for five years, and where he was ordained in 1700.
Assigned to the Abenaki mission, he re-established in 1701 the mission at Medoctec. It was on the St. John River, at Hay's Creek, and appears to have been abandoned by the Franciscans about a year earlier. In 1708 he was given charge of the Abenaki reduction at St. François. He remained in that mission for nearly half a century.
Works
Numerous manuscripts, with the mission registers, were destroyed by fire in 1759. He wrote several memorials in opposition to the claims of the English in Acadia, and sent them to the French Government, urging that the boundary between the French and English possessions should be determined by mutual agreement. To these memorials he added a map, giving the boundaries as defined by the treaty of UtrechtTreaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht, comprises a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713...
. His plan, however, was not accepted. These documents were preserved in the Paris archives.
An unpublished French-Abenaki dictionary came to light in the twentieth century.