Louise
SOUMANDE
(b.
16 May 1664
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
28 November 1708
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Louise SOUMANDE was born 16 May 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France
Louise SOUMANDE was the child of Pierre SOUMANDE and Simone COTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CÔTÉ and Anne MARTINLouise SOUMANDE died 28 November 1708 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Louise SOUMANDE was a Religious Hospitaller, first superior of the Hôpital Général of Quebec.
Louise SOUMANDE was a Religious Hospitaller, first superior of the Hôpital Général of Quebec.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
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1664 Birth 16 May 1664
Québec, Canada, New France
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SOUMANDE, LOUISE, dite de Saint-Augustin, Religious Hospitaller, first superior of the Hôpital Général of Quebec; b. 16 May 1664 at Quebec, daughter of Pierre Soumande, master maker of edge tools, and of Simone Côté; d. 28 Nov. 1708 at Quebec.
At an early age Louise Soumande became a boarding pupil with the Ursulines, but she returned to her parents’ home around the age of 13. She formed a friendship with the son of a merchant from Blois, who had come to Canada on business. Father Chastellain*, her confessor, who wished her to give herself to God and who feared that “their ties would grow stronger,” persuaded her to enter the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec as a boarder, for God, he said, “wanted her entirely, without sharing her with anyone.” She made up her mind to this vocation on 19 March 1678, but did not intend to become a nun. The following November, however, she entered the noviciate. Two years later the community voted unanimously to allow her to take her vows. Louise Soumande was in ...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
SOUMANDE, LOUISE, dite de Saint-Augustin, Religious Hospitaller, first superior of the Hôpital Général of Quebec; b. 16 May 1664 at Quebec, daughter of Pierre Soumande, master maker of edge tools, and of Simone Côté; d. 28 Nov. 1708 at Quebec.
At an early age Louise Soumande became a boarding pupil with the Ursulines, but she returned to her parents’ home around the age of 13. She formed a friendship with the son of a merchant from Blois, who had come to Canada on business. Father Chastellain*, her confessor, who wished her to give herself to God and who feared that “their ties would grow stronger,” persuaded her to enter the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec as a boarder, for God, he said, “wanted her entirely, without sharing her with anyone.” She made up her mind to this vocation on 19 March 1678, but did not intend to become a nun. The following November, however, she entered the noviciate. Two years later the community voted unanimously to allow her to take her vows. Louise Soumande was in ...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1666 Quebec
pierre Soumandre ............................48 Me. taillandier
Simonne Costé................................28 sa femme
Louis Soumandre..............................14 fils
Marie Soumandre .............................11 fille
Jean Soumandre ..............................10 fils
pierre Soumandre..............................7 fils
Anne Soumandre................................8 fille
Jean Soumandre ...............................5 fils
Louise Soumandre..............................2 fille
Mathieu gregoire.............................20 Engaigé domestique
Mathieu Lauvendin............................22 taillandier Engaigé
Et Mathurin Croiser .........................50 aussy Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
pierre Soumandre ............................48 Me. taillandier
Simonne Costé................................28 sa femme
Louis Soumandre..............................14 fils
Marie Soumandre .............................11 fille
Jean Soumandre ..............................10 fils
pierre Soumandre..............................7 fils
Anne Soumandre................................8 fille
Jean Soumandre ...............................5 fils
Louise Soumandre..............................2 fille
Mathieu gregoire.............................20 Engaigé domestique
Mathieu Lauvendin............................22 taillandier Engaigé
Et Mathurin Croiser .........................50 aussy Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1708 Death 28 November 1708
Québec, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 44.
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