Jean-Baptiste Renaud

June 22, 1816 (age 67)

Lachine, Lower Canada

In 1850, he moved to Quebec City, where he opened a store, operated flour mills and owned schooners operating on the Saint Lawrence River. Renaud was a director of the North Shore Railway, the Union Bank of Lower Canada, the Quebec North Shore Turnpike Roads Company, the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company and the Quebec and Gosford Railway, which later became the Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway. He also helped found the Saint Maurice Railway and Navigation Company, the Salaberry Navigation Company of Montreal, the Saint Lawrence Navigation Company, the Quebec Marine Insurance Company and the Quebec and Lake Saint John Lumbering and Trading Company. He constructed warehouses and docks and also acquired several large properties at Quebec. In 1880, with Joseph Tassé, Alexandre Lacoste, and Aimé Gélinas, he purchased the Louisiana Minerve. By this time, Renaud had become one of the most important French-speaking businessmen in Quebec. Renaud died in Quebec City at the age of 77.

Jean-Baptiste Renaud

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Background

He was born in Lachine, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Renaud and Marie Gariépy.

Career

In 1850, he moved to Quebec City, where he opened a store, operated flour mills and owned schooners operating on the Saint Lawrence River. Renaud was a director of the North Shore Railway, the Union Bank of Lower Canada, the Quebec North Shore Turnpike Roads Company, the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company and the Quebec and Gosford Railway, which later became the Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway. He also helped found the Saint Maurice Railway and Navigation Company, the Salaberry Navigation Company of Montreal, the Saint Lawrence Navigation Company, the Quebec Marine Insurance Company and the Quebec and Lake Saint John Lumbering and Trading Company.

He constructed warehouses and docks and also acquired several large properties at Quebec.

In 1880, with Joseph Tassé, Alexandre Lacoste, and Aimé Gélinas, he purchased the Louisiana Minerve. By this time, Renaud had become one of the most important French-speaking businessmen in Quebec.

Renaud died in Quebec City at the age of 77.

Membership

He served as a member of the Quebec Board of Trade and represented Saint-Pierre Ward on the municipal council for Quebec City from 1862 to 1868.

Connections

Partner:: Gaspard Le Moine

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