Jean-Paul Le Gardeur

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Jean-Paul Le Gardeur
Born(1661-10-04)4 October 1661
Died1738
Occupation(s) explorer and lieutenant
Children5
Parent Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny & Marguerite Nicolet


Jean-Paul Le Gardeur, sieur de Repentigny , was born in Ville-Marie on October 4, 1661, and died in 1738, was an explorer and lieutenant for New France, at the service of the King of the Kingdom of France. He was referred to as Saint-Pierre or Sieur de Saint-Pierre.

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Biography

Origines

Jean-Paul Le Gardeur was born at Ville-Marie on October 4, 1661, son of Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (1632-1709) and Marguerite Nicolet de Belleborne (1642-1721), daughter of Jean Nicolet, sieur de Belleborne.

Military career

He entered into the French Marines in Canada, and became lieutenant in 1690. He then took the title of sieur de Saint-Pierre. In a military report dated in 1701, and written by Hector de Callières, he affirms that Le Gardeur was given the title of lieutenant in 1689, and that he continued to serve with distinction.

Family and descendants

On September 15, 1692, he married in Repentigny with Marie-Joseph Le Neuf de La Vallière. From this union were born five children: [1]

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References

  1. Canada-Québec(Synthèse Historique), Montréal, Qc., 1977, p.74