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 Quebec where he was also instructor for five years, and where he was ordained in September 1699.Johnson, Micheline D., "Aubery, Joseph". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 1974 He studied the Abenaki language at the Sault de la Chaudière mission. An unpublished French-Abenaki dictionary came to light in the twentieth century.Father Aubery's French Abenaki Dictionary, an English translation, Chisholm Bros. Publishing (1995)Colin A.J. Chisholm, III K.M. President, , .
