Jean  GLORIA

Biography
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 MORE...


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1652 Marriage / Partner
Jean GLORIA and Marie BOURDON 9 January 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1654 Birth of Child
Marie GLORIA was born 14 March 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1655 Birth of Child
Anne GLORIA was born 17 October 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1657 Birth of Child
Pierre GLORIA was born 9 November 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Birth of Child
Marguerite GLORIA was born 19 October 1659, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1662 Birth of Child
Madeleine GLORIA was born 7 July 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1665 Death
15 October 1665
Québec, Canada, New France