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• Property: Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: locksmith and gunsmith
• _UID: 2A12B40BF0054373A2DCEFEA8EA0EBB9CF1C
• Residence: Bef 1675
• Legal Matter: 5 Sep 1677, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Additional information: 1679-1680, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 4 Apr 1680, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 18 Jul 1680, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 7 Apr 1682, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Inheritance: 17 Jul 1685

Notes:

Property:
Nicolas purchased a piece of property from Philippe Gauthier, Sieur de Comporte. It was located near the quay of Quebec, "on a cul de sac near the fountain of Champlain, measuring twenty eight feet in fromtage on the Saint Lawrence River about hide tide, to a depth as far as the end of the coast of cap aux diamants". They agreed to a selling price of 200 livres and that a house would be built on the property within two years. Nicolas would pay 10 livres per year.

Residence:
He was from the parish of Saint-Jean, city and diocese of Noyon, Picardy, France. (Today it is located in the arrondisement of Compiegne, department of the Oise)

Legal Matter:
Nicolas rented a house on rue Notre-Dame, in Lower Town, Quebec for three years. His landlord and neighbor was Sieur Noel Pinguet, bourgeois. The house had a "cellar, kitchen, cabinet and attic" and rented for 100 livres per year.

Additional information:
Nicolas had two apprentices in his service. The first, as a locksmith apprentice in 1679, was Jacques Guay, son of Jean and Jeanne Mignon. The second, as a gunsmith apprentice in 1680, was Nicolas Pre.

Legal Matter:
Nicolas hired two masons, Louis and Sylvain Duplais, to complete the masonry "of his house on the cul de sac which had already begun for the price and amount of 4 livres and 5 sols for each measure of the wall". They were required to finish the job by 9 August 1680.

Legal Matter:
To complete the house, Nicolas hired Pierre Gaiten dit Tourangeau, roofer and chimneysweep, to attach the three dormers and roof. Nicolas would supply the boards. The cost was 5 livres, 5 sols per roof measure "made and finished".

Census:

Nicolas Queliche, serrurier, 28 years
Marie Pelletier, 20 years
Nicolas Queliche, 5 years
Jean Queliche, 4 years
Rene Queliche, 2 years
Marie Queliche, 3 months

They lived in Lower Town and owned a gun.

Legal Matter:
Nicolas sold the house in Lower-Town to Charles Aubert, Sieur de LaChesnaye. Aubert would pay a perpetual rent of 70 livres per year for the house and lot that measured 40 feet of frontage by 30 deep.

Inheritance:
Marie Madeleine inherited a portion of the property of her father, Georges Pelletier, after the death of her mother, Catherine Vanier. They sold this share to Marie Madeleine's brother-in-law, Guillaume Morel.

Nicolas married Marie Madeleine Pelletier on 13 Oct 1675 in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Georges Pelletier and Catherine Vanier) was born on 6 Aug 1658 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 18 Oct 1658 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 4 Dec 1701 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Notary Pierre Duquet drew up the contract. Witnesses were Georges Pelletier and Catherine Vannier, parents of Marie Madeleine.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Guillaume Morel, Robert Foubert and Francois Ringault.

1. Nicolas Cliche was born on 10 Oct 1676 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 10 Oct 1676 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 7 Nov 1686 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 8 Nov 1686 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
2. Jean Francois Cliche was born on 1 Jul 1678 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Jul 1678 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died after 5 Aug 1699.
3. Rene Cliche was born on 31 Dec 1679 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Jan 1679/80 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1702/03 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 18 Jan 1702/03 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
4. Marie Madeleine Cliche was born on 30 Jul 1681 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 30 Jul 1681 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1759 in Longue Pointe, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 13 Mar 1759 in Longue Pointe, Quebec, Canada.
5. Claude Cliche was born on 27 Jul 1683 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 28 Jul 1683 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 5 Feb 1743/44 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Feb 1743/44 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
6. Vincent Cliche was born on 2 Feb 1684/85 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 3 Feb 1684/85 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 5 Mar 1750/51 in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Mar 1750/51 in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada.
7. Nicolas Lucien Cliche was born on 12 Jul 1687 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 12 Jul 1687 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 29 Jul 1687 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

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Nicolas married Catherine Poete. Catherine died before 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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