Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born

abt. 1647 , La-Nativité-de-la-Vierge de Bersac, France

Died

6 January 1729 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1647 in La-Nativité-de-la-Vierge de Bersac, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Leonard was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1678.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Leonard married Marie-Louise VACHON 24 June 1678 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Louise VACHON was born 23 May 1662 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 11 July 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Paul VACHON and Marguerite LANGLOIS.

Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) died 6 January 1729 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

Son of Andre Paillard and Catherine Geoffrey

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Maitre charpentier and millwright

In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) married

Marie-Louise VACHON
Marriage date: 24 June 1678
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Louise VACHON was the child of Paul VACHON and Marguerite LANGLOIS

Marriage notes:

According to PRDH, Leondard Paillard and Louise Vachon signed a contract of marriage at an undetermined location in Quebec, Canada in 1678

"Louise was born on 25 May 1662 at Beauport and baptized three days later at Quebec. She married Leonard Paille, son of Andre and of Catherine Geoffroy, on 24 June 1678 at Beauport. The contract was notarized the same day by Aubert. They had thirteen children, seven boys and six girls. Louise died at the Hotel-Dieu of Montreal and was buried on 11 July 1715 in Montreal."

Source:

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 253

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) and Marie-Louise VACHON

Leonard PAILLARD

Born: abt. 1679, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Madeleine PAILLARD

Born: 19 October 1681 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 20 December 1702, Québec, Canada, New France

Charles PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 24 September 1683, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 6 September 1758 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise LEMAITRE dite AUGER 9 February 1711 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 10 December 1685, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 29 July 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE 6 July 1705 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Claude-Jean PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 6 November 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 November 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 29 June 1690, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 October 1762, Montréal, Canada

Married: Joseph GREENHILL 15 June 1711 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gabriel PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 11 March 1693 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 5 April 1777, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Catherine GUILLEMOT 5 March 1717 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Catherine Angelique BOINEAU 22 January 1742 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Elisabeth PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Born: 28 August 1695, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1748, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Charles LEMAY dit DELORME 30 December 1714 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN 19 August 1726 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite PAILLARD

Born: 22 August 1697, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 9 December 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Jacques PAILLARD

Born: 10 April 1700, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 9 April 1703, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph PAILLARD

Born: 17 October 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 3 November 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis-Joseph PAILLARD

Born: 1 February 1704, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 22 March 1709, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PAILLARD

Born: 27 November 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 10 July 1725, Montréal, Canada, New France

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Biography
PAILLARD (Paillart, Paillé, dit Paillard, Paillet), LÉONARD, known as Le Poitevin, master carpenter and millwright; b. 1647, son of André Paillard and Catherine Geoffroy of Bersac parish (department of Haute-Vienne); m. in 1678 at Beauport Louise-Marie Vachon, by whom he had nine children; buried 6 Jan. 1729 at the Hôpital Général of Montreal.

Léonard Paillard possessed the very Canadian traits of ambition, versatility, and mobility. As a millwright, he met one of the most urgent needs of the colony. He probably came to Canada about 1670 as an indentured worker. In October 1672 he became the apprentice of Jean Lemire*, a carpenter living on Grande Allée near Quebec. It is likely that he learned the millwright’s craft from Lemire. He completed his apprenticeship in carpentry in 1675 under Pierre Mercereau, who had purchased Paillard’s indenture for 60 livres. Paillard subsequently became Mercereau’s journeyman.

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1678 Marriage / Partner
Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) and Marie-Louise VACHON 24 June 1678, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1681 Canadian Census Petite Auvergne
Leonard Paillard, 34
Marie Vachon, sa femme, 22
Leonard, leur, fils 1 1/ 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine PAILLARD was born 19 October 1681 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1683 Birth of Child
Charles PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 24 September 1683, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1685 Birth of Child
Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 10 December 1685, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1688 Birth of Child
Claude-Jean PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 6 November 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1690 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 29 June 1690, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1692
May 7, 1692 - Nomination of Mathurin Parent and of Jean Fontenelle as experts in the difficulty between Leonard Paillard and Rene Alary, concerning the sale of a certain quantity of building timber.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 256

1693 Birth of Child
Gabriel PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 11 March 1693 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1694
August 2, 1694 - Petition of Leonard Paillart, carpenter, asking for an enquete against one Jean Lacroix, carpenter, who struck him and threatened him with his gun.

August 2, 1694 - Leave granted to hold and enquete on the complaint of Leonard Paille dit Paillart against Jean Lacroix.

August 3, 1694 - Judgment in favor of Paille against Jean Lacroix.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Pages 284-285

1695 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth PAILLARD (PAILLE) was born 28 August 1695, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1697 Birth of Child
Marguerite PAILLARD was born 22 August 1697, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Birth of Child
Jean-Jacques PAILLARD was born 10 April 1700, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1702 Birth of Child
Joseph PAILLARD was born 17 October 1702, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1702 Death of Child
Marie-Madeleine PAILLARD died 20 December 1702, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1703 Death of Child
Jean-Jacques PAILLARD died 9 April 1703, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1704 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph PAILLARD was born 1 February 1704, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1705 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 6 July 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE

1705 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAILLARD was born 27 November 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1705 Death of Child
Marguerite PAILLARD died 9 December 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1709 Death of Child
Louis-Joseph PAILLARD died 22 March 1709, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1711 Marriage of Child
Charles PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 9 February 1711, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Françoise LEMAITRE dite AUGER

1711 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 15 June 1711, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Joseph GREENHILL

1714 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 30 December 1714, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Charles LEMAY dit DELORME

1715 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise VACHON died 11 July 1715, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1717 Marriage of Child
Gabriel PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 5 March 1717, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Catherine GUILLEMOT

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1725 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAILLARD died 10 July 1725, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1726 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth PAILLARD (PAILLE) married 19 August 1726, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

1729 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

7 Jan 1729

Leonard Paille
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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