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MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
JOLLIET, LOUIS
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
HÉBERT, LOUIS
MURRAY, JAMES
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
CYR, LOUIS
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
GRAY, JOHN HAMILTON, (1811-1887)
BRÉBEUF, JEAN DE (Échon)
DONNACONA
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
POPE, WILLIAM HENRY
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New Biographies and Minor Corrections
Minor Corrections DECOIGNE (De Couagne, Couagne, Coigne, Du Coigne), PIERRE-THÉOPHILE
New Biography MACALLUM (McCallum, MacCallum), ARCHIBALD BYRON
Minor Corrections SAINT-PÈRE, JEAN DE
New Biography ROUSSEAU, ARTHUR (baptized Jean-Marie-Arthur)
Minor Corrections RUETTE D’AUTEUIL, DENIS-JOSEPH
New Biography HARDISTY, ISABELLA CLARK (Clarke) (Lougheed, Lady Lougheed)
Minor Corrections ROBINAU DE VILLEBON, JOSEPH
New Biography CANNON, LAWRENCE ARTHUR (baptized Laurent Arthur Dumoulin)
Minor Corrections ROBINAU DE BÉCANCOUR, RENÉ, Baron de PORTNEUF (Outsitsony)