Individual Details
Pierre Paradis
(20 Jul 1604 - 29 Jan 1675)
Québec national census of 1666 and 1667 lists Pierre Paradis as being a master dressmaker in Beauport (couturier) however, his actual trade was knife maker (coutelier).
Excerpt from Our French Canadian Ancestors - Volume 1 - pp.120-124
PIERRE Paradis
All Canadians named Paradis are descendants of Pierre who came to New France in the 17th century. Pierre was a native of Mortagne, the Capital of Perthe. His father was called Jacques.
PIERRE MARRIES
Pierre Paradis wed Barbe Guyon in 1632; obviously she was much younger than her husband. Baptized on 19 April 1617, she was the daughter of Jean and of Mathurine Robin, who were married on 2 June 1615 at Saint-Jean-de-Mortagne. It should be said that these parents of Barbe also came to Canada, but in the employ of Robert Giffard.
The Guyon family left France in the spring of 1634. Barbe stayed in France with her husband Pierre who worked as a cutler. They did not go with her parents because Barbe had a baby about that time. The child, Charlotte, was born on 4 April 1634, but died shortly thereafter.
A notary of Tourouvre, Jacques Douaire, prepared a receipt for Pierre Paradis, merchant of Mortagne, Parish of Loyse, dated 4 June 1640. It seems that a certain Claude Bailly, resident of Tourouvre had ordered on 11 February 1640. 200 sickles to be delivered on the feast of Saint Jean-Baptiste. Pierre Paradis delivered them on 4 June, that is to say, 20 days sooner, a success!
And here are some more Paradis births in the old country: Marguerite, born on 5 February 1636; Jacques, baptized at Notre-Dame on 24 March 1641; Marie, born in 1642; Guillaume, baptized on 26 September 1644; Pierre, baptized at Saint-Croix-de-Mortagne on 2 October 1647; and finally, the last born in France in November 1650 was Jean, the first of two sons by that name. He died at Charlesbourg in 1717. There were many mouths to feed, many minds to educate.
PIERRE Paradis IN CANADA
Pierre Paradis, now an armorer according to Mme. Pierre Mortagne, lived at first at Notre-Dame-de-Mortagne, then at Sainte-Croix in 1643. On 20 March 1651 he and his wife ceded to one P. Richard a little room with a cellar below. This was probably done in view of their imminent departure for New France; because in 1653, they are seen baptizing their ninth child, Madeleine, before the font in Quebec.
On 9 March 1654 Pierre bought land from Christophe Crevier; 2 arpents in frontage by 44 deep.
On the first day of July 1658 a son Jean was born. Baptized at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec on 22 July, he was destined to become one of the most famous of all the Ancestors. (More about him to follow.)
On 18 March 1667, Pierre obtained another concession near the river, from Sieur Jean Maudry, Surgeon to the King. Called "La Cabane-aux-Taupiers," it was not far from his first property. This small concession of half an arpent in frontage had a house, a garden, a stable and a 30 foot barn. By 1667 the colonist Paradis owned 8 animals and 12 arpents of usable land in the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, not far from Beauport.
According to Notary Romain Becquet, on 7 February 1668, Intendant Jean Talon bought a piece of land that Pierre had acquired in 1654. 76 perches by 18 feet, with the intention to build a road from Beauport to Charlesbourg. Pierre was well indemnified for this right of eminent domain. He received 40 livres in money plus a concession of 40 arpents of land in the new Bourg-Royal.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Pierre made his will before Notary Becquet on 28 May 1670 when he was gravely ill in the Hotel-Dieu-de-Quebec. He gave 20 livres to the hospital; 20 livres to the Chapel of the Jeusit fathers; 20 livres to the Church of Beauport; his wife Barbe Guyon was to inherit all else without reference to any other custom of inheritance; however Pierre lived for five more years. On 12 July 1672 it seems that he sold his Beauport property to Guillaume Bauche, his son-in-law.
This brave man died at Sainte-Famille on the Island of Orleans, where he was buried on 29 January 1675.
Barbe Guyon saw fit to hold an inventory of his personal property at Beauport, before Notary Paul Vachon, on the 3rd of April following. It seems that Barbe Guyon, the widow, lived for many years in the home of her daughter Marie, the wife of Guillaume Bauche, at Sainte-Famille; it is there that we find her in the census of 1681. But later on, she must have lived at Saint-Pierre with one of her sons; she was buried from there on 29 November 1700.
A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY
Pierre Paradis and Barbe Guyon had 12 children, 8 of whom were born in France and 4 at Beauport in the Fief of Buisson; 3 girls and a boy.
Charlotte, Marguerite and Charles, the eldest children, seem not to have come to Canada since there has been no trace of them even until today. Jacques, Guillaume, Piere, Jean married to Jeanne Paquet, and, all had large families and their descendants are scattered throughout Quebec and New England. Madeleine, wife of Nicolas Roussin, died in 1669 in childbirth with her first.
Marie-Madeleine merged her life with Robert Charest. Finally there was Louise, who married three times.
Pierre junior is the direct ancestor of Mother Marie Leonie, Alodie-Virginia Paradis, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; and of His Excellency Monseigneur Paul Gregoire, Archbishop of Montreal.
The Reverend Mother Marie-Anne-Esther Sureau dit Blondin, Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Sainte-Anne (1809-1890), 6th generation, had Louise for her grandmother, the daughter of Pierre Paradis who was married for the second time at Notre-Dame-du-Quebec on 18 June 1691 to the Ancestor Hilaire Sureau dit Blondin. This Hilaire Sureau was the son of Jacques and of Honoree Pollet, of Saint Hilaire-de-Vouzailles, Diocese of Poitiers. He made his living in Quebec as a carriagemaker.
Pierre Paradis was a sincere and generous Christian. Jeanne Gregoire in her book: La Source et le Filon reports this: "One religious ceremony is the distribution of the bread blessed by the priest signifying the participation of the faithful in the divine banquet...Pierre Paradis wished to offer something more...in the year 1657 he gave a large knife to cut the blessed bread."
According to Tanguay, some descendamts of Our Ancestor Pierre Paradis adopted the surnames of Aubin, DesRoches, Dufresne and Devide-poche.
Québec national census of 1681 lists Barbe Guyon as living in I'lle-d'Orléans.
Excerpt from Our French Canadian Ancestors - Volume 1 - pp.120-124
PIERRE Paradis
All Canadians named Paradis are descendants of Pierre who came to New France in the 17th century. Pierre was a native of Mortagne, the Capital of Perthe. His father was called Jacques.
PIERRE MARRIES
Pierre Paradis wed Barbe Guyon in 1632; obviously she was much younger than her husband. Baptized on 19 April 1617, she was the daughter of Jean and of Mathurine Robin, who were married on 2 June 1615 at Saint-Jean-de-Mortagne. It should be said that these parents of Barbe also came to Canada, but in the employ of Robert Giffard.
The Guyon family left France in the spring of 1634. Barbe stayed in France with her husband Pierre who worked as a cutler. They did not go with her parents because Barbe had a baby about that time. The child, Charlotte, was born on 4 April 1634, but died shortly thereafter.
A notary of Tourouvre, Jacques Douaire, prepared a receipt for Pierre Paradis, merchant of Mortagne, Parish of Loyse, dated 4 June 1640. It seems that a certain Claude Bailly, resident of Tourouvre had ordered on 11 February 1640. 200 sickles to be delivered on the feast of Saint Jean-Baptiste. Pierre Paradis delivered them on 4 June, that is to say, 20 days sooner, a success!
And here are some more Paradis births in the old country: Marguerite, born on 5 February 1636; Jacques, baptized at Notre-Dame on 24 March 1641; Marie, born in 1642; Guillaume, baptized on 26 September 1644; Pierre, baptized at Saint-Croix-de-Mortagne on 2 October 1647; and finally, the last born in France in November 1650 was Jean, the first of two sons by that name. He died at Charlesbourg in 1717. There were many mouths to feed, many minds to educate.
PIERRE Paradis IN CANADA
Pierre Paradis, now an armorer according to Mme. Pierre Mortagne, lived at first at Notre-Dame-de-Mortagne, then at Sainte-Croix in 1643. On 20 March 1651 he and his wife ceded to one P. Richard a little room with a cellar below. This was probably done in view of their imminent departure for New France; because in 1653, they are seen baptizing their ninth child, Madeleine, before the font in Quebec.
On 9 March 1654 Pierre bought land from Christophe Crevier; 2 arpents in frontage by 44 deep.
On the first day of July 1658 a son Jean was born. Baptized at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec on 22 July, he was destined to become one of the most famous of all the Ancestors. (More about him to follow.)
On 18 March 1667, Pierre obtained another concession near the river, from Sieur Jean Maudry, Surgeon to the King. Called "La Cabane-aux-Taupiers," it was not far from his first property. This small concession of half an arpent in frontage had a house, a garden, a stable and a 30 foot barn. By 1667 the colonist Paradis owned 8 animals and 12 arpents of usable land in the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, not far from Beauport.
According to Notary Romain Becquet, on 7 February 1668, Intendant Jean Talon bought a piece of land that Pierre had acquired in 1654. 76 perches by 18 feet, with the intention to build a road from Beauport to Charlesbourg. Pierre was well indemnified for this right of eminent domain. He received 40 livres in money plus a concession of 40 arpents of land in the new Bourg-Royal.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Pierre made his will before Notary Becquet on 28 May 1670 when he was gravely ill in the Hotel-Dieu-de-Quebec. He gave 20 livres to the hospital; 20 livres to the Chapel of the Jeusit fathers; 20 livres to the Church of Beauport; his wife Barbe Guyon was to inherit all else without reference to any other custom of inheritance; however Pierre lived for five more years. On 12 July 1672 it seems that he sold his Beauport property to Guillaume Bauche, his son-in-law.
This brave man died at Sainte-Famille on the Island of Orleans, where he was buried on 29 January 1675.
Barbe Guyon saw fit to hold an inventory of his personal property at Beauport, before Notary Paul Vachon, on the 3rd of April following. It seems that Barbe Guyon, the widow, lived for many years in the home of her daughter Marie, the wife of Guillaume Bauche, at Sainte-Famille; it is there that we find her in the census of 1681. But later on, she must have lived at Saint-Pierre with one of her sons; she was buried from there on 29 November 1700.
A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY
Pierre Paradis and Barbe Guyon had 12 children, 8 of whom were born in France and 4 at Beauport in the Fief of Buisson; 3 girls and a boy.
Charlotte, Marguerite and Charles, the eldest children, seem not to have come to Canada since there has been no trace of them even until today. Jacques, Guillaume, Piere, Jean married to Jeanne Paquet, and, all had large families and their descendants are scattered throughout Quebec and New England. Madeleine, wife of Nicolas Roussin, died in 1669 in childbirth with her first.
Marie-Madeleine merged her life with Robert Charest. Finally there was Louise, who married three times.
Pierre junior is the direct ancestor of Mother Marie Leonie, Alodie-Virginia Paradis, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; and of His Excellency Monseigneur Paul Gregoire, Archbishop of Montreal.
The Reverend Mother Marie-Anne-Esther Sureau dit Blondin, Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Sainte-Anne (1809-1890), 6th generation, had Louise for her grandmother, the daughter of Pierre Paradis who was married for the second time at Notre-Dame-du-Quebec on 18 June 1691 to the Ancestor Hilaire Sureau dit Blondin. This Hilaire Sureau was the son of Jacques and of Honoree Pollet, of Saint Hilaire-de-Vouzailles, Diocese of Poitiers. He made his living in Quebec as a carriagemaker.
Pierre Paradis was a sincere and generous Christian. Jeanne Gregoire in her book: La Source et le Filon reports this: "One religious ceremony is the distribution of the bread blessed by the priest signifying the participation of the faithful in the divine banquet...Pierre Paradis wished to offer something more...in the year 1657 he gave a large knife to cut the blessed bread."
According to Tanguay, some descendamts of Our Ancestor Pierre Paradis adopted the surnames of Aubin, DesRoches, Dufresne and Devide-poche.
Québec national census of 1681 lists Barbe Guyon as living in I'lle-d'Orléans.
Events
| Birth | 20 Jul 1604 | Perche, Orne, France |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Feb 1632 | Perche, Orne, France - Barbe Guyon | | ||
| Occupation | 1666 - 1667 | Québec national census of 1666 and 1667 lists Pierre Paradis as being a master dressmaker in Beauport (couturier) however, his actual trade was knife maker (coutelier) - Beauport, Quebec, Canada | | ||
| Death | 29 Jan 1675 | Ste-Famille, Iles-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Reference No | M398 | |
Families
| Spouse | Barbe Guyon (1617 - 1700) |
| Child | Jacques Paradis (1641 - 1678) |
| Child | Marie-Anne Paradis (1642 - 1708) |
| Child | Guillaume Paradis (1644 - 1716) |
| Child | Pierre Paradis (1647 - 1700) |
| Child | Jean Paradis (1650 - 1717) |
| Child | Madeleine Paradis (1653 - 1669) |
| Child | Marie-Madeleine Paradis (1655 - 1684) |
| Child | Marie-Louise Paradis (1661 - ) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |
Endnotes
1. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
3. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
4. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
5. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
6. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.