Fonds de la famille Gradis

Item

Nota de estado

Finalizado

Country

CA

Name of institution (English)

Library and Archives Canada

Name of institution (official language of the state)

Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language of name of institution

fra

Contact information: postal address

550 Boulevard de la Cité, Gatineau (QC) J8T 0A7

Contact information: phone number

001 6139965115

001 18665787777

Contact information: web address

https://bibliotheque-archives.canada.ca/fra/Pages/accueil.aspx

Contact information: email

Contact form

Reference number

R11190-0-4-F, MG18-H63

Type of reference number

Archival reference number

Title (English)

Gradis family fonds

Title (official language of the state)

Fonds de la famille Gradis

Language of title

fra

Creator / accumulator

Gradis family

Date(s)

1724/1824

Language(s)

fra

Extent

30 reels of microfilm

Type of material

Textual Material

Scope and content

This collection comprises copies of documentation related to the Gradis, a family of Portuguese origin who settled in Bordeaux in the late 17th century. It includes letters, memoirs, miscellaneous records, and documentation from commercial companies founded or managed by the Gradis family and agents, among other documents. The original documents are preserved in the French National Archives in Paris.

Archival history

In 1983, the Gradis family had part of the archives of the former Maison de Commerce Gradis (Gradis trading house) microfilmed by the Archives départementales de la Gironde (Gironde Departmental Archives) and the National Archives of Canada.

Administrative / Biographical history

The Gradis were a Sephardic family of Portuguese origin who moved to Bordeaux in the late 17th century. In 1685, David Gradis (1665? -1751) founded a trading company in Bordeaux, which, in 1728, took the name of "David Gradis et fils" (David Gradis and Sons). The Company had trading relations with Holland and England and created trading posts in Saint-Domingue and Martinique. In 1731, David Gradis was made a citizen of Bordeaux.
The heads of household of the Gradis family strongly contributed to the house's longevity. Among them were Moïse Gradis (1737-1825), Benjamin Gradis (1789-1858), Henri Gradis (1823-1905), Raoul Gradis (1861-1943), Gaston Gradis (1889-1968), Jean Schwob d'Héricourt (1900-80), and Henri II Gradis (born in 1920), succeeded by his son Diégo II Gradis (born in 1955).
In 1921, Maison Gradis (Gradis company) took the name of Société française pour le commerce avec les colonies et l’étranger (French Society for Trade with the Colonies and Abroad) (SFCCE) and later, in 1957, of Société française pour le commerce avec l’outre-mer (French Society for Trade with Overseas). The Company had commercial relations with Canada, Saint-Domingue, and, above all, Martinique, where the Gradis family was engaged in the production and commerce of sugar.

Sources:

Archives Nationales: Salle des inventaires virtuelles

Archives Nationales: Salle des inventaires virtuelles

Henokiens association website

Access points: locations

Bayonne (France)

Bordeaux (France)

Access points: persons, families

Gradis

Gradis, Abraham

Gradis, Diego

Gradis, Raoul

Access points: corporate bodies

David Gradis et fils

Maison Gradis

Société française pour le commerce avec les colonies et l'étranger

Société française pour le commerce avec l'outre-mer

Access points: subject terms

Circulation of information

Diplomacy

Genealogy

Networks

Sephardim in France

Shipping

Trade and commerce

18th century

19th century

Access points: document types

Account books and ledgers

Commercial records

Family papers

Links to finding aids

Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Existence and location of originals

Maison Gradis

Author of the description

Kevin Soares, 2022

Bibliography

Menkis, Richard. 1988. “The Gradis Family of Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux: A Social and Economic Study.” PhD dissertation, Waltham: Brandeis University.

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