Person Sheet


Name Jean GERVAIS
Occupation "substitut du procureur fiscal" [acting ?tax collector], "marguillier" [churchwarden], "habitant"109
Birth Date Mar 24, 1616109
Birth Place Souvigne-sous-Château (now Souvigne), Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Birth Memo St-Michel Parish
Death Date bef Mar 12, 1690112,109
Death Memo from burial date
Burial Date Mar 12, 1690109
Burial Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Memo Father Etienne Guyotte. No witnesses are listed.
Religion Roman Catholic109
Father Urbain GERVAIS
Mother Jeanne PEBISE
Spouses
1 Anne ARCHAMBAULT
Birth Date ca 1632109
Birth Place Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Baptism Date ca 1632112
Baptism Place Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death Date Jul 29, 1699112,109,49
Death Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Date Jul 30, 1699109
Burial Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Memo Father R.C. Debreslay. "Witnesses, all the clergy, and a great throng of people."
Religion Roman Catholic109
Father Jacques ARCHAMBAULT (ca1604-1688)
Mother Francoise TOUREAU (ca1599-<1663)
Marriage Date Feb 3, 1654109
Marriage Place Montréal Parish, PQ Canada
Marriage Memo Father Claude Pijart. Also present were Paul Dechomeday (governor), Jacques Archambaut, and Pierre Gadois.
Children Charlotte (Adopted) (1651-<1718)
Marguerite (1654-<1690)
Cunegonde (1657-<1724)
Jeanne (<1659-<1745)
Jean (Died as Child) (<1661-<1672)
Louis (<1663-1741)
Nicolas (<1666-1750)
Charles (<1668-1753)
Cecile (<1671-1760)
Urbain (<1673-<1713)
Notes for Jean GERVAIS
He appears on a list of migrants from St-Nazaire on Apr 30, 1653 as Jean GERVAISE ("procureur fiscal, juge interimaire, defricheur, boulanger" [?tax collector, interim judge, pioneer, baker]), origin Souvigne-sous-Château.109

The family appears on the 1666 census of Montréal as follows:
Jean GERVAISE, 55, habitant, Anne ARCHAMBAULT, 45, Marguerite, 11, Cunegonde, 9, Jeanne, 6, Jean, 4, Louis, 2; Gilles DEVENUS ("domestique, engagé" [servant, ?]), 45, Antoine DESERRE ("domestique, engagé" [servant, ?]), 22.109

The family appears on the 1667 census of Montréal as follows:
Jean GERVAISE, 52, habitant, Anne ARCHAMBAULT, 36, Marguerite, 13, Cunegonde, 11, Jeanne, 8, Jean, 6, Louis, 4, Nicolas, 1; Antoine LESUEIR ("domestique" [servant]), 20, Barthelemy LEMAISTRE ("domestique" [servant]), 32.109

The family appears on the 1681 census of Montréal as follows:
Jean GERVAISE, 60, habitant, Anne ARCHAMBAULT, 50, Louis, 18, Nicolas, 16, Cecile, 10, Urbain, 8.109
Research Notes
NAME: His last name is also given as GERVAISE49 109 and as GERVAIZE.109

BIRTH: His parentage is confirmed with no birthdate or place given.109 His parentage is confirmed with his birthdate given as 1621 at Ste Geneveva, Anger, France.112 His year of birth is given as 1621 with no parentage or place given.49

DEATH: His date of death is also given as Mar 12, 1690 in Montréal Parish.49

BURIAL: His date and place of burial are confirmed.112
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