Pierre-Jacques GOURDEAU
Born: 9 May 1693, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jacques
GOURDEAU
Born
7 July 1660
,
Québec, Canada, New France
Died
2 July 1720
,
Québec, Canada, New France
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Born: 7 July 1660 in Québec, Canada, New France
Father:
Jacques GOURDEAU
Mother:
Eleonore GRANDMAISON
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques married Marie BISSOT 26 February 1691 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie BISSOT was born 3 July 1657 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie died 23 July 1719 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie was the child of François BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE and Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY.
Jacques GOURDEAU died 2 July 1720 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation: merchant and bourgeois
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Journey Through Time: Life as a Marchand in 18th Century New France
Source: tfcq.ca
A Journey Through Time: Life as a Marchand in 18th Century New France
Spouse & Children of Jacques GOURDEAU
Jacques GOURDEAU married 
Marie BISSOT
Marriage date: 26 February 1691
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie BISSOT was the child of François BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE and Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY
Marie BISSOTMarriage date: 26 February 1691
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie BISSOT was the child of François BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE and Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY
Children of Jacques GOURDEAU and Marie BISSOT
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
8 July 1660
8 July 1660
Biography
GOURDEAU (Gourdau) DE BEAULIEU ET DE LA GROSSARDIÈRE, JACQUES, merchant and bourgeois; baptized 8 July 1660 at Quebec, son of Jacques Gourdeau, notary and clerk of the seneschal’s court of Quebec, and of Éléonore de Grandmaison*; d. 2 July 1720.
On 26 Feb. 1691, at Quebec, he married Marie Bissot, daughter of François Byssot* de La Rivière, widow of Claude Porlier, by whom he had seven children; she was buried on 24 July 1719 in the cathedral at Quebec.
In Quebec Jacques Gourdeau owned a house on Rue Sous-le-Fort, and on Île d’Orléans he owned the arriere-fiefs of La Grossardière, with a frontage of 40 arpents and running the whole depth of the island, and Beaulieu, with a frontage of 15 arpents and extending for half the depth of the island. He did not work these domains himself; instead he farmed them out and sold certain parts of them. In 1703 he rendered fealty and homage to the Comtesse de Saint-Laurent [Charlotte-Françoise Juchereau] for these two arriere-fiefs which were
On 26 Feb. 1691, at Quebec, he married Marie Bissot, daughter of François Byssot* de La Rivière, widow of Claude Porlier, by whom he had seven children; she was buried on 24 July 1719 in the cathedral at Quebec.
In Quebec Jacques Gourdeau owned a house on Rue Sous-le-Fort, and on Île d’Orléans he owned the arriere-fiefs of La Grossardière, with a frontage of 40 arpents and running the whole depth of the island, and Beaulieu, with a frontage of 15 arpents and extending for half the depth of the island. He did not work these domains himself; instead he farmed them out and sold certain parts of them. In 1703 he rendered fealty and homage to the Comtesse de Saint-Laurent [Charlotte-Françoise Juchereau] for these two arriere-fiefs which were
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
Birth — 16607 July 1660
Québec, Canada, New France
Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, May 7, 1983
1691 Marriage / PartnerJacques GOURDEAU and Marie BISSOT 26 February 1691, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
He was 30 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildPierre-Jacques GOURDEAU was born 9 May 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jacques was 32 years old.
1699 Birth of ChildPierre GOURDEAU was born 22 March 1699, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jacques was 38 years old.
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1719 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie BISSOT died 23 July 1719, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Death — 17202 July 1720
Québec, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 60.
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