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Vincent Guillaume Le Senechal D'Auberville
17??-1757

1728
Begins his career in the Ministry of Marine.
Son of Louis Charles Le Senechal d'Auberville, French naval officer, and Marie d'Ayme.
1733
April
1733, assigned to port of Brest as ecrivain ordinaire of the Marine,
1739-40
Commands troops sent to North America from France for an Indian campaign.
1743
January
Appointed ecrivain principal of the French Marine.
1745
January
Assigned to the flagship Le Juste under squadron commander L'Esladuere.
1746
April
Assigned to flagship Le Northumberland under the duc d'Anville.
1747
May
Promoted to commissaire ordinaire of the Marine.
1747
Summer
Named interim ordonnateur of Louisiana to hold office during the period between the planned departure of Le Normant and the delayed arrival of Michel.
1748
January
He arrives in New Orleans and takes over as Intendant from Le Normant in March of this year,
1749
May
D'Auberville marries Marie Francoise Petit de Coulange (1732-1812), widow of Jean Bapliste Boucher de Monbrun de St. Laurent.
She was the daughter of Françoise Callard de Chamilly and Pierre Louis Petit de Coulange a Canadian-born officer who died in the 1736 campaign against the Chickasaws.
They have two children: Marie Louise (1750-1834), who marries Francisco Bouligny and Celeste Elisabeth (1752-1764).
1749
He is replaced at the office of ordonnateur (Intendant) when Michel arrives toward the end of 1749.
1750
In January 1750 is appointed Marine controleur of the port. He remains in New Orleans as a commissaire de la Marine and second judge of the Superior Council.
1752
December
On the death of Michel D'Auberville again becomes interim ordonnateur of Louisiana. He is appointed by Governor Vaudreuil, who strongly recommends him for permanent appointment
1753
The recommendation did not reach France until after Louis Billouart de Kerlerec arrived as Vaudreuil's successor in early 1753.
Louis Billouart de Kerlerec, writing in September 1753, supported D'Auberville's permanent appointment, but recommended postponing it to some later date, when it would come as a reward for continued good performance.
1757
March 14
D'Auberville continues his service as interim ordonnateur until his death. He dies on his plantation on the Mississippi after six months of illness .
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