Robert de La Berge
Robert de La Berge (1638–1712) was one of the original colonists to settle in New France in 1658, and became one of the early industrialists in the area.
[citation needed] Robert de La Berge was born on May 24, 1638, in Colomby-sur-Thaon, Normandy, France, in what is now the department of Calvados.
Robert went to New France as a labourer, under a three-year contract to work for a man named Massé Gravel in Château-Richer.
Under the terms of the contract, Robert received a cash advance, an annual salary, and a guaranteed return trip to France.
In 1661, Robert completed his three-year obligation to Massé Gravel, but instead of returning to France, he received a concession of land in Château-Richer.
At about this same time, Nicolas Durand and his wife Françoise Gausse dit Le Borgne were living on a farm in Château-Richer (which would later become L'Ange-Gardien) with their infant daughter, Marie-Ursule.
Nicolas had received the land as a concession from Olivier Le Tardif and built a wood house with a stone chimney on it.
The event which took place prior to 1667 was recorded by Father Thomas Morel as follows: Charles François, Michel Haynault and Robert de La Berge, all inhabitants of Beaupré, finding themselves on the water, going to Québec during bad weather, were seized by a great wind and by so furious a storm that their boat capsized, which obliged them, seeing themselves in danger of losing their life, to call upon Ste.
[This quote needs a citation] LaBerge became embroiled in a legal dispute with his stepdaughter, Marie-Ursule Durande, that lasted for five years before finally being resolved.
On March 22, 1694, Robert obtained a receipt for 600 pounds from Marie-Ursule and her husband, Antoine Huppé dit Lagrois.
This receipt was in return for the 600 pounds stipulated in her marriage contract and granted the entire property in L'Ange-Gardien to Robert.
It was after these transactions, in 1698, that Marie-Ursule and her husband filed a petition with Sovereign Council seeking to have their marriage contract declared null and void and to renounce their inheritances.
Most people today with the La Berge surname, and its variants, in North America trace their family roots back to him.
The stem "Berg" with its early Germanic, Dutch & Nordic origins means "mountain" and is very common throughout Europe with many variants.
Several geographical landmarks such as LaBarge (or Battle) Creek and the city of La Barge, Wyoming, were named in his honor.
In January 1860, while on his way to visit an ill relative, LaBarge slipped on an icy St. Louis sidewalk and struck the curb.
Laberge worked at one time for the Russians and in 1867 he did some surveying for Western Union who wanted to build an overland telegraph to Europe.
For his part in the uprising, Jean-Baptiste Laberge was imprisoned in Montreal on November 16, 1838, and received the death sentence on January 26, 1839.
[citation needed] Mia LaBerge (born 1967) is an American artist who painted the first Steinway Art Case Piano created to honor a university.
The piano was exhibited in the rotunda of New York City's Steinway Hall and was ceremonially unveiled on stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington,DC.
[5] Steinway kept LaBerge unofficially "on call" to paint scenic music stands for the company's Madison Century series of limited-edition pianos.
During World War II, he was "skipper" of YMS 165 in the Pacific and served as Technical Director of the Naval Ordnance Test Station in China Lake, California.
[citation needed] Margaret Wade Labarge (1916–2009) was a Canadian historian and author specializing in the role of women in the Middle Ages.
He was the frontman and/or guitarist for many popular bands in Ontario and nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist at 1984 Juno Awards for his album entitled "Barging In" (Sony).
Bernie has also been a sideman on over 100 albums and has toured or recorded with The Irish Rovers, Kim Mitchell, Frank Byner of Tower of Power, Long John Baldry, Doug Riley, Cassandra Vasik, Joel Feeney.
[citation needed] Louis Laberge, PQ (February 18, 1924 – July 19, 2002) was a French Canadian labour union leader.
[citation needed] Brian Laberge, CPA, CA (Born Montreal, Quebec, 1967) is a senior audit partner at BDO Canada LLP.
[citation needed] Pascal Laberge (Born Sainte-Martine, Quebec, April 9, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was the 36th overall pick by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2016 NHL Draft..[citation needed] Joseph W. La Barge (born 1971, Danville, Pennsylvania) is an American biotechnology executive and life-sciences advisor.
He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of Apertura Gene Therapy[17] a genomic medicine startup with $67 million in funding.
La Barge is known for his involvement with the growth and sale of Spark Therapeutics, a Philadelphia based biotechnology company developing novel gene therapies for a suite of rare diseases.
