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 Abt 1645 - 1727 (82 years)
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| Name |
Jean-Baptiste Poitiers\Pothier |
| Born |
Abt 1645 |
Amiens, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Mar 1727 |
Montreal, Canada |
| Person ID |
I06418 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
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| Notes |
- An article in "L'Encyclopedia canadienne" within the "Encylopedia de la musique au Canada" by Gilles Potvin (2006 copywrite) indicates his name was Jean Baptiste du Buisson Poitiers. He was born in Amiens, France, in about 1645 before coming to the New World. He died in Montreal March 27, 1727. He lived originally in New England (1670-1698) before coming to Montreal, Canada. It would appear then that his marriage to Elizabeth Jossahd in 1672 took place in New England and that his daughter, Marie Catherine Poitiers, born in 1671, was born in New England and came to Canda at the same time as her parents in 1698. She then married Jean Tessier in 1703, dying in 1745 in LaPriarie (see her entry).
The name Jassahd may be a phonetic corruption of an English name.
Jean Baptiste was an organist and a merchant. According to records he appears to be the first regular organist of Notre Dame Church (Montreal)cfrom 1705 to at least 1718. In the beginning he had no salary and that is undoubtedly why in 1705 and 1707 the church-warden-treasurer remitted his amount for his pew (10 francs). In 1713 "M. Dubuisson, organist, was given a stipend of 100 francs per annum. He received occasional gratuities: 100 frnacs in 1715 and the same sum again in 1718 "for having played the organ for several years ". His successor ca 1721-34, Charles-Francois Coron, is not mentioned until 1723 at which time "Sr Coron, organist, was paid for 20 months of playing the organ ... 83 francs 15 sols in silver or 50 francs in merchandise.
Bibliography:
"Souvenirs artistiques de Notre Dame de Montreal", Canada Musical, 1 December 1880
LaPalice, Ovide-M: "Les organistes et maitres de musique a Notre Dame de Montreal", BRH, vo. 25, August 1919.
Poitiers du Buisson, Jean-Baptiste
Poitiers du Buisson, (Dubuisson), Jean-Baptiste. Organist, merchant, b diocese of Amiens, France, ca 1645, d Montreal 27 Mar 1727. He lived 1670-98 in New England before settling in Montreal, where he was active mainly in commerce. According to the records he appears to have been the first regular organist of Notre-Dame Church, from 1705 to at least 1718. In the beginning he received no salary and that undoubtedly is why in 1705 and 1707 the churchwarden-treasurer remitted the amount for his pew (10 francs). In 1713 'M. Dubuisson, organist, was given a stipend of 100 francs per annum.' He received occasional gratuities: 100 francs in 1715 and the same sum again in 1718 'for having played the organ for several years.' His successor ca 1721-34, Charles-François Coron, is not mentioned until 1723 at which time 'Sr Coron, organist, was paid for 20 months of playing the organ... 83 francs 15 sols in silver or 50 francs in merchandise.'
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Bibliography
'Souvenirs artistiques de Notre-Dame de Montréal,' Canada musical, 1 Dec 1880
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