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• Name: Robert Paray
• Name: Robert Paret
• Name: Robert Parree
• _UID: 3335E049B4D14B00AA45306A0B3B1086C681
• Residence: Bef 1653, St. Laurent en Solore, Loire, France
• Occupation: 1653; master carpenter
• First mentioned in Canada: 19 Oct 1653; debt
• Employment: 1654, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: Jan 1653/54, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Additional information: 11 Oct 1654, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 30 Jan 1654/55, Ste. Anne du Petit Cap, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 15 Aug 1656
• Legal Matter: 21 Oct 1656, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 10 Oct 1657
• Legal Matter: 3 Oct 1661, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Additional information: 1662
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 20 Sep 1667, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 28 Mar 1668, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Additional information: 1678
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 15 Apr 1686, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

See attached sources.

Residence:
He was from St-Laurent-en-Solore (St-Laurent-Rochefort), Loire, France. INSEE #42252

First mentioned in Canada:
Robert was first mentioned in a document that stated he owed Michel Blanot 283 livres for delivery of merchandise.

Employment:
In the fall of 1654, Robert and Jean Espaisse were hired by Toussaint Toupin to build a house measuring 26 by 16 feet, which was to be completed in early July 1655. They were to be paid 144 livres, with Toupin providing the necessary materials. Claude Bouchard, surgeon, witnessed and signed the document.

Employment:
Squire Rene Robineau hired Robert to build a small building, 18 feet square on his property. Robert was given 405 silver livres for his work.

Additional information:
Robert did not know how to write but would make his mark, a carpenter's square shaped like an "L", on documents such as the one drawn up by notary Audouart.

Land:
Jean de Lauzon, Governor of New France granted Robert a piece of land. The land consisted of 4 arpents of frontage and was situated between those of Jean Espaisse and Pierre Gibouin, just to west of Sainte-Anne. A copy of this grant is in the archives of the Basilica of Sainte-Anne.

Legal Matter:
Before notary Audouart, Robert and Jean Espaisse reached an agreement on salaries due for the construction of a windmill at Argentenay, on the Ile d'Orleans. Eighty two livres were already paid by Monsieur d'Aillebout, Seigneur of the island and he was giving an additional 50 livres.

Legal Matter:
Toussaint Toupin requested Robert and Jean Espaisse finish the work on his house in Lower-Town, Quebec. He stated there was an important rod missing under the beam. They must also pay for "two pails of lime".

Legal Matter:
Jean Espaisse requested 200 livres from Robert so he may return to France. As a guarantee of reimbursement, Robert accepted a house, on a lot 40 feet by 20 feet, in the Lower-Town of Quebec.

Legal Matter:
Robert rented the Jean Espaisse house to Guillaume Lemieux for 45 livres "for each of the said two years".

Additional information:
Robert took part in the building of the second church at Sainte-Anne. The account books state "paid robert pare for one day of hauling wood thirty sols".

Census:

Robert Parree, habitant, 40 years
Francoise Louvet, 40 years
Louise Parree, 12 years
Jean Parree, 10 years
Joseph Parree, 8 years
Noel Parree, 6 years
Marie Parree, 4 years
Marguerite Parree, 3 years
Anne Parree, 3 months
Francois Thibaut, engage, domestique, 18 years

Census:

Robert Pare, habitant, 40 years
Francoise Lehoux, 42 years
Louise Pare, 13 years
Jean Pare, 11 years
Joseph Pare, 9 years
Noel Pare, 6 years
Marie Pare, 5 years
Marguerite Pare, 3 years
Anne Pare, 1 years
Francois Thibault, domestique, 22 years

They owned 7 head of cattle and had 20 arpents of cleared land.


Employment:
Robert and partner Jean Poulin entered into an agreement with the nuns of Quebec. They were to deliver 1000 pine boards to Quebec before the feast of Saint-Jean the following year. They would each receive 250 livres for their work. Notary Rageot drew up the contract.

Legal Matter:
Robert sent Etienne Lessard to Quebec as his representative in defending the site deed for the Jean Espaisse house. This house had a foyer, a cellar and an attic and was located between Toussaint Toupin and Noel Pinguet.

Additional information:
The account books from Sainte-Anne states "in addition received from robert pare four and one half pounds of butter for the offering".

Census:

Robert Pare, charpentier, habitant, 57 years
Francoise Lehoux, 57 years
Jean Pare, 27 years
Joseph Pare, 25 years
Noel Pare, 19 years
Marguerite, 18 years
Joseph Pare, 17 years
Anne Pare, 16 years
Francois Pare, 13 years

They owned 4 guns and had 30 arpents of land under cultivation.


Legal Matter:
After Robert's death, his heirs sold the Jean Espaisse house to merchant Hazeur Desonneaux for 1585 livres.

Buried:
Present at burial were Etienne Lessard and Charles De Monmainier dit Jouvent.

Robert married Francoise Lehoux on 20 Oct 1653 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Francoise (daughter of Jacques Lehoux and Marie Meilleur) was christened on 9 Jul 1628 in Ste. Madeleine, La Ventrouze, France; died on 9 Apr 1685 in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 10 Apr 1685 in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage Ceremony:
The marriage was celebrated at the "Chapelle des Sauvages" chapel of the Hurons at L'Ile d'Orleans. Present at the ceremony were Louis Gisfar (Louis Greffard dit Lecoq) and Mathurin Gangnon (Gagnon).

1. Noel Pare was born about 1660; died before 17 Jun 1702.
2. Louise Pare was born on 19 Aug 1654 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 23 Aug 1654 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
3. Jean Pare was born on 18 Apr 1656 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 5 Jun 1656 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
4. Joseph Pare was born on 10 Aug 1658 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Sep 1658 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
5. Marie Madeleine Pare was born on 16 Jun 1662 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 17 Jun 1662 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; and died.
6. Marguerite Pare was born on 2 Mar 1663/64 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 3 Mar 1663/64 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; and died.
7. Anne Pare was christened on 12 Sep 1665 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; and died.
8. Pierre Pare was born on 30 May 1668 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 3 Jun 1668 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; died before Dec 1689.
9. Francois Pare was born on 5 Jan 1669/70 in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 8 Jan 1669/70 in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada; and died.

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• Name: Mathieu Paret
• Occupation: weaver
• _UID: 6CCE80A7B7FE477E887F346620B41A1D87DB

Mathieu married Marie Joannet. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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