1. Charles Chaboillez was the eldest son of fur trader Charles Chaboillez, and his wife Marie-Anne, the daughter of another well-known fur trader, Jean-Baptiste Chevalier.
10 Facts About Charles Chaboillez
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Charles Chaboillez was a client of Montreal merchant Jean Orillat and he was supplied from Michilimackinac by John Askin.
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Charles Chaboillez maintained business relations with Benjamin Frobisher, who went surety for him in 1778 and again in 1783.
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In 1786, Charles Chaboillez joined with McTavish, the Frobisher brothers, James McGill and others merchants to ask Sir John Johnson to establish peace among the Indian tribes in the upper Mississippi region.
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Charles Chaboillez acquired several farms around Montreal, including one on the Cote de Liesse on Montreal Island and another on the Seigneury of Chateauguay, both purchased in 1779.
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Charles Chaboillez was churchwarden of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Michillimakinac and was appointed Captain in Montreal's 2nd Militia Battalion and in 1799 he was promoted major, retiring in 1802.
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Charles Chaboillez had held an important place in the Canadian fur trade.
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Charles Chaboillez returned to Montreal in 1807, where he died the following year his fortune had vanished.
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Charles Chaboillez's business hit serious difficulties in the 1790s from which he never recovered, and at his death he was heavily in debt by many thousands.
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In 1769, at Montreal, Charles Chaboillez married Marguerite Larcheveque, daughter of merchant Jacques Larcheveque, dit La Promenade.