Tim Firkowski Family - Person Sheet
Tim Firkowski Family - Person Sheet
NameJean Poisson 
, 222, M
, 222, MBirth3 Oct 1618, St. Jean, Mortagne au Perche, France
Baptism3 Oct 1618, Mortagne au Perche, France
Bapt MemoSaint-Jean Parish,
Travel1637, to Canada
Travel MemoLured by GodFather Jean Guyon
Travel1640, to France
EmigrationMar 1647, to Canada
Death19 Aug 1652, Quebec, Canada
Death MemoDied after being captured by Iroquois
Land Purchase6 Jun 1654, Trois Rivieres, St. Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Purchase MemoFrom Father Paul Raqueneau two acres on the border of the river within the Lordship of Cap de la Madeleine. Neighbors: Robert Drouin & Francois Faford. it would now be in the neighborhood of St.-Dominique Street, at the boundry of Cap & St-Marthe
BurialQuebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
OccupationGunsmith & Locksmith
ReligionCatholic
Alias/AKAThe Young, Seigneur of Gentilly, France
FatherJean Poisson , 224, M (1590-1650)
MotherBarbara Broust , 225, F (1592-1654)
Spouses
1Jacqueline Chamboy , 223, F
, 223, FBirth20 Feb 1624, Feigns, France
Death1694
FatherJacques Chamboy , 230, M
MotherMarguerite Fauval , 231, F
Marriage8 May 1644, Mortagne au Perche, France
Marr Memo Saint-Jean Parish, Witnesses were Jean Gadois & Destienne Chulles
Notes for Jean Poisson
Godfather:Jean Guyon
Godmother:Sebastienne Liger-wife of Jean Turgeon, they had a son Charles, a future leader of the Canadian Turgeons
August 1638: at the request of M. de l’Sale, lieutenant-governor of Montmagny, Jean was called to take inventory of the wearing of apparel of Guillaume Casenauque.
12 October 1639: witness to marraige of Francois Druet & Perinne Godin
11 November 1639: auction of belongings of Guillaume Hebert, son of Louis, the first Canadian farmer
1649: was living in Champlain on Saint-Anne Street near the warehouse of 100 Associates
28 January 1650: Godfather of Mathurine Pachirini,daughter of an Algonquin chief
6 Jun 1651: Jean was granted a homestead by the Jesuits. t measured two arpents by twenty, bordering the river in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeline. The seigneury de Gentilly was officially created on 14 Aug 1676. At that time it had grownto two-and-a half leagues of frontage along the river in Cap-de-la-Madeleine.
8 June 1651: Gun exploded during procession of the Blessed Sacrament & shattered his arm, & was taken to the hospital in Quebec for several months
Godmother:Sebastienne Liger-wife of Jean Turgeon, they had a son Charles, a future leader of the Canadian Turgeons
August 1638: at the request of M. de l’Sale, lieutenant-governor of Montmagny, Jean was called to take inventory of the wearing of apparel of Guillaume Casenauque.
12 October 1639: witness to marraige of Francois Druet & Perinne Godin
11 November 1639: auction of belongings of Guillaume Hebert, son of Louis, the first Canadian farmer
1649: was living in Champlain on Saint-Anne Street near the warehouse of 100 Associates
28 January 1650: Godfather of Mathurine Pachirini,daughter of an Algonquin chief
6 Jun 1651: Jean was granted a homestead by the Jesuits. t measured two arpents by twenty, bordering the river in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeline. The seigneury de Gentilly was officially created on 14 Aug 1676. At that time it had grownto two-and-a half leagues of frontage along the river in Cap-de-la-Madeleine.
8 June 1651: Gun exploded during procession of the Blessed Sacrament & shattered his arm, & was taken to the hospital in Quebec for several months