On May 31, 1665, Pierre Cardinal was the fifth son of Simon Jean Cardinal and Michelle Garnier born in the Lachine area of Montreal, Canada. He had a total of five brothers and one sister: Jacques, Jean, Gabriel, Etienne, Simon and Cecile. His father died in 1679 and his mother remarried the following year to Jean Chevalier.

Pierre married Marie Matou on September 17, 1685 in Montreal. It is reported that seventeen children were born to this couple.

• Pierre, Jr
• Marie, who died at age fourteen
• Jean Baptiste
• Daniel
• Francois Marie (b. 1693)
• Charles, who died at age fifteen
• Marie Francoise
• Marguerite
• Francoise, (b. 1700) who died in infancy
• Marie Anne Cardinal
• Francois-Marie (b. 1701)
• Angelique, who died in infancy
• Simon
• Gabriel
• Jacques, who died in infancy
• Augustin
• Francoise (b. 1719)

Pierre died at the age of eighty-one on January 13, 1747 in Lachine.

Pierre Cardinal was my 9th great uncle on my mom’s side.

REFERENCES

• Quebec Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection)
• Programme de Recherche en Demographie Historique (PRDH)