Paul VACHON

(b. 4 November 1656 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1729 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )

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Paul VACHON was born 4 November 1656 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Paul VACHON was the child of Paul VACHON and Marguerite LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Noel LANGLOIS and Françoise GARNIER (GRENIER)

Paul VACHON died 7 March 1729 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .
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Occupation

Paul VACHON was a Priest.

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.

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1656 Birth
4 November 1656
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Paul Vachon
9 November 1656
Notre-Dame-de-Québec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Biography
'Paul was born on 4 November 1656 and baptized five days later at Quebec. He was confirmed as a priest on 21 December 1680. He died on 7 March 1729 and was buried two days later at Cap-de-la-Madeline.'

Source:
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 253

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

Biography
VACHON, PAUL, priest, chaplain of the chapter of Quebec, parish priest of Sainte-Madeleine-du-Cap; b. at Beauport and baptized 9 Nov. 1656 at Quebec, son of Paul Vachon, notary and clerk of court, and of Marguerite Langlois; d. 7 March 1729 at Cap-de-la-Madeleine.

Paul Vachon entered the Petit Séminaire of Quebec on 9 Nov. 1668, when he was 12 years old. He was one of the original eight Canadian pupils of this institution, which had been founded that same year by Bishop Laval. He intended to enter the priesthood; he received the tonsure and minor orders 12 Dec. 1677, was admitted to the subdiaconate on 18 December and to the diaconate 17 Sept. 1678. He was ordained in the cathedral of Quebec 21 Dec. 1680. On 17 Dec. 1677 his father had signed a clerical deed assigning him an annual income of 75 livres.

During the period of his theological studies Abbé Vachon had carried out various small tasks, taking care of the linen-room (1678–79), the refectory, and the cupboards (1679). He...Read MORE...

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census - Beauport
Mre paul Vachon .............................36 Notaire

Margueritte Langlois ........................22 sa femme

paul Vachon ..................................9 fils

Margueritte Vachon ...........................7 fille

Vincent Vachon ...............................5 fils

Louise Vachon ................................3 fille

Marie Magdelaine Vachon ................16 mois fille

Et Michel Aubin .............................22 domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France