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INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
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JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE (Madeleine, Madelon) (Tarieu de La Pérade)
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
GRAY, JOHN HAMILTON, (1811-1887)
DOUGLAS, Sir JAMES
PALMER, EDWARD
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
FOX, TERRANCE STANLEY (Terry Fox)
MARTIN, CLARA BRETT
HOWE, JOSEPH
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE
POPE, WILLIAM HENRY
WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
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Minor Correction SOUART, GABRIEL
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