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THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
HÉBERT, LOUIS
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
COLES, GEORGE
CURRIE, Sir ARTHUR WILLIAM
JACQUELIN, FRANÇOISE-MARIE
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER
MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (Macdonald)
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
CABOT, SEBASTIAN
THAYENDANEGEA
CHAUVIGNY, MARIE-MADELEINE DE (Gruel de La Peltrie)
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