Jean Baptiste
(Jean)
Gourdon
aka dit Lachasse
Born about in Montravel, Périgord, Guyenne, France
Son of Elie Gourdon
and Jeanne Dumole
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Michelle Perrin
— married
24 Nov 1676 in Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Descendants 
Died
at about age 47
in Lachine, Canada, Nouvelle-France
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Biography
Jean Gourdon migrated from France to New France.
JEAN BAPTISTE GOURDON dit LACHASSE Status : Immigrant
- Birth : Vers 1644 notre-dame, montravel, ev. perigueux, perigord (auj. montcaret, ar. bergerac, dordogne)[1]
Jean Gourdon
était membre du Régiment Carignan-Salières 1665-1668
Soldier Cie Maximy de Régiment de Carignan
Jean Gourdon lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.
Recensement 1681 Census FIEF VERDUN
Jean Gourdon, tailleur, 37 ; Michelle Perrin, sa femme, 19 ; enfants : Anne 3, Jeanne 1½ ; 2 fusils ; 4 bêtes à cornes ; 14 arpents en valeur.[2]
"In 1689, the Iroquois set fire to his house and all his property and papers disappeared in this fire." [3] [4]
"Of the saved, three fell into the hands of the Iroquois, On June 26, 1691, 'after the sun rose to rim their corn', with four soldiers escorting them. Their names are registered in the Lachine register of June 27, 1691:
- Jean Gourdon dit La Chasse, churchwarden in charge.
- René Huguet, his brother-in-law.
- Jean Guignard dit Lespérance.
- Jean Martin dit Latreille, a soldier of Fort Rolland.
- Pierre Blondeau dit Lajeunesse
- Jean Laviolette
- Jean Joseph La Giroflée." [5]
Death
- Date: 26 JUN 1691
- Place: Lachine,
- Age: 46-47
- Burial - 27 JUN 1691 [6]
Sources
- ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pionnier: 32522 JEAN BAPTISTE GOURDON LACHASSE
- ↑ Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
- ↑ Migrations.fr
- ↑ Marriage record copy
- ↑ "'The old Lachine and the massacre of 5 August 1689', by Désiré Girouard; Gebhardt-Berthiaume; Montréal, Canada; 1880, p.46."
- ↑ Burial FamilySearch
- Wikipedia: Lachine massacre (he actually was killed 2 years after this)
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