Louis  SOUMANDE

Ludouicus Soumandre
born 14 May 1652
baptised 19 May 1652
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

SOUMANDE, LOUIS, priest, canon of the chapter of Quebec, director of the school at Saint-Joachim; b. 14 May 1652 at Quebec, son of Pierre Soumande, master maker of edge tools, and of Simone Côté; brother of Louise Soumande de Saint-Augustin, the first superior of the Hôpital Général of Quebec; d. 19 April 1706 at Quebec.

Louis Soumande studied at the Jesuit college, and in 1663, when the seminary of Quebec was founded, he was one of the first students to be admitted to it. He received the tonsure at the age of 16; Bishop Laval conferred the major orders upon him in December 1677 and the priesthood on the 21st of the same month.

He spent his first years as a priest at the seminary of Quebec. In 1683 he served the missions of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, Cap Tourmente, Petite-Rivière, and Baie-Saint-Paul. The following year, when the chapter of Quebec was established, he was appointed a canon, and took possession of his canonry on 18 Jan. 1685.

From 1685 on, he devoted himself

pierre Soumandre ............................48 Me. taillandier
Simonne Costé................................28 sa femme
Louis Soumandre..............................14 fils
Marie Soumandre .............................11 fille
Jean Soumandre ..............................10 fils
pierre Soumandre..............................7 fils
Anne Soumandre................................8 fille
Jean Soumandre ...............................5 fils
Louise Soumandre..............................2 fille
Mathieu gregoire.............................20 Engaigé domestique
Mathieu Lauvendin............................22 taillandier Engaigé
Et Mathurin Croiser .........................50 aussy Engaigé