Pierre Gadois, Sr.

arrived in Montreal in 1641 and received first grant of land from governor; thereafter was known as "First Farmer of Montreal"

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Notes added by HRH Prince Kieren de Muire von Drakenberg;

The surname Gadois, shows a connection & descent from the Biblical Israelite Tribe of Gad.

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Birth: 1594 - Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France

Death: Oct 20 1667 - Notre-Dame de Montreal, Île-de-Montréal, Québec, Canada

Parents: Francois Gadoua Gadois, Dame Gadoua Gadois (born NS)

Wife: Louise Gadoua (born Mauger)

Children: Roberte Gadois, Ernest Gadoua, Jean-Baptiste Gadoys, Etienne Gadois, Pierre Gadois

Sister: Francoise Gaudet (born Gadoua)

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Birth: Circa 1594 - Igé, Perche, France

Death: Oct 1667 - Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle France

Father: Unkown Gadois

Wife: Louise Mauger

Children: Roberte Gadois, Étienne Gadois, François Gadois, Jeanne Gadois, Joseph Gadois, Jean-Baptiste Gadois, Pierre Gadois

arrived in Montreal in 1641 and received first grant of land from governor; thereafter was known as "First Farmer of Montreal"

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gadois_jacques_3E.html

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Pierre Gadoys (c. 1594 – October 1667) is recognized as the first farmer at Montreal. Gadoys first came to New France as part of a settlement initiative by Robert Giffard de Moncel who was heavily involved in the colonization of the emerging colonies at the time. Records have him living in the colony at Quebec in 1636 employed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal at Sainte-Foy from 1643 to 1645. Gadoys and his family moved to Montreal shortly after this time since in 1648, the governor, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve made the first land grant in Ville Marie to him. François Dollier de Casson, the author of the Histoire du Montréal, referred to him as the first farmer of Ville Marie. In 1661, he fought with Charles le Moyne against the Iroquois. After his death Saint-Pierre street was named in his honour. Pierre Gadoys was married to Louise Mauger in the 1620s and they had three children who are known to historians. One, Pierre Gadois, gained notability in Canadian history.

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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Inventaire des lieux de mémoire de la Nouvelle-France - Louise Mauger et Pierre Gadoys

Inventaire des lieux de mémoire de la Nouvelle-France - Pierre Gadoys