Biography
LETARDIF, OLIVIER, interpreter, head clerk of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, judge of the court of the seigneury of Beaupré; b. c. 1604 in Brittany, in the diocese of Saint-Brieuc, d. 1665 at Château-Richer.

Letardif was at Quebec from at least 1621 on, since he signed the report of the meeting of leading citizens in that year; his presence is then noted from time to time until 1629. By that date he was an assistant clerk for the de Caëns; “experienced” in the Montagnais, Algonkian, and Huron languages, he served also as an interpreter. In July 1629, acting on behalf of François Gravé Du Pont, who was ill, he handed over the keys of the Habitation to Lewis Kirke. We find him in Quebec again in 1633, promoted to be head clerk of the Cent-Associés, and fulfilling the functions of interpreter or witness as required. It was at this period that Letardif collaborated in the missionary effort: he supported the Jesuits and acted as godfather to Indians; he even administered baptism and,...Read MORE...


www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

Death
Name: Oliver Letardif
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 28 Jan 1665
Burial Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
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Age: 64
Birth Date: 1601
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03757-9
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film number: 1018161
Reference ID: P 182

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F2PB-TM4 : accessed 22 May 2015), Oliver Letardif, ; citing Cemetery, , reference P 182; FHL microfilm 1,018,161.
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