Jean GLORIA
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Born: abt. 1630 in Rouen, France
Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1652.
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Jean married Marie BOURDON 9 January 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie BOURDON was born 5 March 1634 in Rouen, France. Marie died 27 April 1705 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer).
Jean GLORIA died 15 October 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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
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1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Jean GLORIA
Marriage date: 9 January 1652
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Children of Jean GLORIA and Marie BOURDON
Died: 12 November 1687, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
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GLORIA, JEAN, clerk in charge of stores, procurator of the Communauté des Habitants, royal notary, and merchant; b. shortly before 1630 at Saint-Jacques de Dieppe, Normandy; d. 15 Oct. 1665 at Quebec.
Son of Pierre Gloria, “bourgeois and merchant of the town of Dieppe,” and of Perrette Vaulthier, he was already at Quebec on 1 Jan. 1650 as a servant of the Jesuits. Despite his youth, Gloria rapidly became a prominent figure in Quebec, perhaps as a result of his marriage to Marie Bourdon on 9 Jan. 1652. At any rate, this alliance brought him substantial material advantages and the support of Jean Bourdon, his uncle by marriage, of Jean Le Sueur, the Abbé Saint-Sauveur, and of Louis d’Ailleboust. From 27 March 1652 on, Gloria was “clerk in charge of stores in this colony,” which title he was to bear until 1661 or later; in 1658 he was also referred to as “procurator” of the Communauté des Habitants. Although he was an employee of the Communauté, he nevertheless had his own business,...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Jean GLORIA and Marie BOURDON 9 January 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1654 Birth of ChildMarie GLORIA was born 14 March 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1655 Birth of ChildAnne GLORIA was born 17 October 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1657 Birth of ChildPierre GLORIA was born 9 November 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1659 Birth of ChildMarguerite GLORIA was born 19 October 1659, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
1662 Birth of ChildMadeleine GLORIA was born 7 July 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
15 October 1665
Québec, Canada, New France
Record added: 12/7/2014 10:10:09 AM
Last updated: 6/15/2015 8:50:45 AM
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