Person Sheet


Name Pierre GADOUA
Occupation "habitant", "maître armurier" [master armourer], "marguillier" [churchwarden], "arquebusier" [arquebusier]. "bourgeois"109
Birth Date bef Nov 17, 1631112
Birth Place Igé, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Birth Memo St-Martin Parish. From date of baptism.
Baptism Date Nov 17, 1631112,109
Baptism Place Igé, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Baptism Memo St-Martin Parish
Death Date May 18, 1714112
Death Place Montréal PQ Canada
Father Pierre GADOUA (ca1600-1667)
Mother Louise MAUGER (ca1599-1690)
Spouses
1 Marie PONTONNIER
Birth Date Jan 22, 1643109
Birth Place Le Lude, Sarthe, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
Birth Memo St-Vincent
Death Date bef Jan 7, 1718109
Death Place PQ Canada
Death Memo from date of burial
Burial Date Jan 7, 1718109
Burial Place Pointe-aux-Trembles Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Memo A note reads (in translation): "Several attended the funeral procession, which those named below have signed along with me, curé." However, the priest did not sign (as apparently no one else did either).
Father Urbain PONTONNIER
Mother Felicite Philiberte JAMIN
Marriage Date Aug 12, 1657109
Marriage Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Marriage Memo Father Claude Pijart. Also present were Nicolas Gode ("habitant") and Gilbert Barbier ("habitant").
Annulment Date Aug 30, 1660109
Annulment Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Annulment Memo Father Charles Delauzon. Also present were Pierre Gadois (the husband's father) and Louise Mauger (the husband's mother). The cause was permanent impotence caused by an evil spell.
2 Jeanne BENARD
Birth Date ca 1643109
Birth Place Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death Date bef Mar 11, 1724109
Death Place PQ Canada
Death Memo from date of burial
Burial Date Mar 11, 1724109
Burial Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Memo Father Priat. Also present were Francois Chaumaux and Francois Cheze ("prêtres" [priests]).
Father Robin BENARD
Mother Gabrielle VIDAL
Marriage Date Apr 20, 1665109
Marriage Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Marriage Memo Father Gabriel Souart. Also present were Louis Preudhomme (the groom's brother-in-law or stepbrother), Jacques Lemoyne (the groom's cousin), Paul Dechomedey dit Maisonneuve ("gouverneur de cette ile" [governor of this island]), and Nicolas Gode (the groom's cousin).
Children Jeanne Francoise (<1666-?)
Louis (<1667-?)
Jean Baptiste (<1669-?)
Louise (<1671-?)
Therese (<1673-?)
Antoine (<1675-?)
Pierre (1676-?)
Marguerite (<1678-?)
Marie Madeleine (<1680-?)
Marie Catherine (1681-?)
Antoine Augustin (<1683-?)
Henri (<1685-?)
Jacques (Twin) (<1686-?)
Pierre (Twin) (<1686-?)
Notes for Pierre GADOUA
This family appears in the 1666 census of Montréal as follows:
Pierre GADOIS "le jeune", 34 "habitant", Jeanne BERNARD, 35.109

The family appears in the 1667 census of Montréal as follows:
Pierre GADOYS, 35, "habitant", Jeanne BENARD, 19, Jeanne Francoise, 14 mo.109

The family appears in the 1681 census of Montréal as follows:
Pierre GADOIS, 52, "arquebusier, habitant" [arquebusier, habitant], Jeanne BESNARD, 36, Jeanne, 16, Jean, 12, Louise, 10, Therese, 7, Pierre, 5, Marguerite, 3.109
Research Notes
NAME: His last name is also given as GADOYS112 and as GADOIS.109 112
Last Modified Mar 12, 2003 Created Dec 31, 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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