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[[File:Mourier.jpg|thumbnail|The silhout of Mourier, c. 1801 (The Royal Library, Copenhagen)]]
Born 1746-8-5, died in 1836-12-30 (Store Danske Encyclopædi)

Also known as Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier.

'''Family'''<br />
Father: [[Mourier, Jean Ferdinand]], priest at the French Reformed Church in Copenhagen.

Marriage: 1st marriage to [[Courtonne, Elisabeth Cornelia]] before 1780. She passed away in 1786 (according to a [https://www.geni.com/people/Elisabeth-Courtonne/6000000002810362522 private geneaology site]). In 1786 he remarried, the second time to [[Herbst, Frederikke Christiane]] [http://ddd.dda.dk/soeg_person_enkel.asp (Copenhagen census 1787)]

Brothers: [[Mourier, Frédéric Moïse]] (1727-1803), [[Mourier, Paul]] (1730-1731), [[Mourier, Charles Henri]] (1732-1815), teacher to the crown prince Frederik (VI) and princess Louise Augusta, [[Mourier, Jean Daniel]] (1734-1750) (Patriciske Slægter I)

Sisters: [[Mourier, Marie]] (1723-1806), [[Mourier, Anna Louise]] (1725-1740), [[Mourier, Anna Catherine]] (1731-1733), [[Mourier, Mariane Frédérique]] (1736-1748), [[Mourier, Sophie Wilhelmine]] (1741-1742) (Patriciske Slægter I)

Son: [[Mourier, Charles Adolph Denys]] (1776-1859) & [[Mourier, Raoul Magnus]] (1797-1813)

Daugthers: [[Mourier, Elisabeth Jacobine Vilhelmine]], [[Mourier, Anne Marie]] & [[Mourier, Adéle Térêze]], who married [[Rømer, Ludvig Ferdinand]] (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 49)

Nephew: [[Mourier, René Pierre Francois]], DAC director 1824-1836.

Friend and officer comrade: [[Warnstedt, Hans Wilhelm von]] 1743-1817 (Memoirer og Breve XV:III) Warnstedt?)

Friend and DAC colleague: [[Vogelsang, Frantz Wilhelm Otto]]

'''Servants and employees'''<br />
[[Korn, Johan Georg]] - employed as ''Informator, Candidat i Theologien'' in 1787. (FT1787)

[[Hansen, Johan]] - man servant in 1787. (FT1787)

[[Johansen, Niels]] - coachman in 1787. (FT1787)

'''Timeline'''<br />
1757-3-9 - ''Landkadet''. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 33)

1762-3-10 - ''Fændrik'' at Falsters Geworbene Infanteri-Regiment. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 33)

1763-10-19 - Appointed Second Lieutenant. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 33)

1763 about - Second Lieutenant from Landcadetakademiet. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1766-68 about - Studied  latin and math at the university in Göttingen. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1768-69 - Accompagnied the young king Christian VII on a voyage to England and France. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1770-1-14 - Discharged from the army with the rank of captain. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 33)

1770 - Married the daugther of a Dutch merchant living in Copenhagen. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129) His wife's name was [[Courtonne, Elisabeth Cornelia]] (Elvius & Hiort-Lorenzen, 1891, p. 197)

1770 - Accompagnied his father-in-law to Canton and Macao. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129) The merchant and supercargo [[Courtonne, Jaques Salomon]]. (Elvius & Hiort-Lorenzen, 1891, p. 197)

1770 - Listed as passenger on the DAC ship DRONNING SOPHIA MAGDALENA going to Canton along with a person named Courtonne. (DAC Roll Books)

1770 - Travelled with his wife and her maid to China.(?) (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia [http://ddd.dda.dk/dop/visning_billed.asp?id=4090&sort=e DK Dem. Dat.]). Larsen lists this as being his later wife, [[Herbst, Frederikke Christiane]], when Mourier was in fact married to [[Courtonne, Elisabeth Cornelia]] in 1770. Possibly this is rather referring to the later journey where she travelled to China, in 1772? 

1770 about - Started learning Chinese from the Spanish Augustine Monk [[Sylva, Juan Rodriguez de]] in China. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 132)

1774-12 - Hired again as Assistent at the facory in Canton after the death of [[Irgens, Ferdinand Anthon]]. Described as "''af alle de particulære Overliggere er den mest duelige''". (RA: DAC Copenhagen: Letters from Canton 1774-12-12) 

1779-11-26 - Listed in the DAC Roll Books as returning ''Supercargo'' onboard the DAC ship KONGEN AF DANNEMARK headed for Tranquebar & Canton. (DAC Roll Books - RA)

1780-3-11 - His wife [[Courtonne, Elisabeth Cornelia]] gave birth to a daugther onboard the DAC ship JULIANE MARIE, about halfway between Canton and Copenhagen. (Hauch-Fausbøll 1918:138)
 
1781 - Left DAC in Canton, replaced by ''Volontør'' [[Clausen, Andreas]]. He seemed to have signed several letters afterwards, so he must have remained in service for some time. (RA: DAC Copenhagen: Letters from Canton 1781-1-17) 

1784-12-5 Described as weak after 13 years of service and by illness and to return home on the DISCO. (RA: DAC Copenhagen: Letters from Canton 1784-12-5) 

1785 - Returned to Denmark. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

1785 - Fined 1000 Rigsdaler and dismissed from the service of Asiatisk Kompagni after having bought 13 crates of various silk worth 15,000 Rigsdaler in China for [[Reiersen, Niels Lunde]] for use in his flourishing silk factory. The matter seems to have been a long conflict between Reiersen and DAC. (Bruun: Kjøbenhavn 1901, III, p. 521)

1786 - Married [[Herbst, Frederikke Christiane]]. (Søndagen – et Tillægsblad til ”Dagen”, #9, 1837-02-26, fifth column)

1787 - Appointed member of the "fabrikdirektion", a subcommitee of the Commercial College who worked with increasing the productivity of the manufactures (Nyrop, Reiersen, p. 166-167)

1787 - Lived in Norgesgade Lit.TT, 2, Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter (FT1787)

1790 - Listed as a member of the ''Naturhistorie=Selskabet. ([https://books.google.dk/books?id=T2BMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Skrivter af Naturhistorie=Selskabet, 1790])

1795 - Listed in Borgerskabsprotokollen of Copenhagen as "''Capitain Peter Poul Ferdinant Mourier blev beskikked til at være Curator for Charles Adolf D: Mourier''". (Kbh Stadsarkiv, Borgerskabsregister)

1796 - Moved to Copenhagen, leaving the estate of Aagaard in western Sealand. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 129)

Bought Bjerregaarden in Valby and nearby farms. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 34)

1801 - Lived in Købmager Kvarter, Matr. 11 (fortsat), 103. (FT1801)

1812-5-8 - Sold Bjerrregården. (Ellen Mourier: Slægten Mourier, p. 34)

'''Other'''<br />
Friends with the Hong Merchant [[Geowqua]] who lived next door to the Danish factory in Canton. Mourier received letters and a painting from [[Geowqua]] even after his return to Denmark. Mourier's son had a copy of the portrait of [[Geowqua]] made, which is now in the Chinese pavillion in Frederiksberg Garden. (Lundbæk, 1964, p. 133 & Paul van Dyke)

Stayed in China for a long time and did several trading trips to the Sunda Islands. ([http://ddd.dda.dk/dop/visning_billed.asp?id=4090&sort=e DK Dem. Dat.])

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