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POPE, WILLIAM HENRY
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GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
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BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
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HENSON, JOSIAH
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM
THAYENDANEGEA
McDOUGALL, WILLIAM
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
WOLFE, JAMES
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
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New Biographies and Minor Corrections
Minor Correction ABBOTT, WILSON RUFFIN
Minor Correction AVENEAU, CLAUDE
Minor Correction BOUDREAU, CÉCILE (Pitre; Pellerin)
Minor Correction AGRAIN, JEAN-ANTOINE D’, Comte d’Agrain
Minor Correction DURAND, JAMES
Minor Correction AMEAU, Saint-Séverin, SÉVERIN
Minor Correction BUISSON, EDWIGE (Hedwige, Hedwidge), named Saint-Joseph
New Biography BÉÏQUE, FRÉDÉRIC-LIGORI (baptized Frédéric-Liguory Beic)
Minor Correction ALLARD DE SAINTE-MARIE, JEAN-JOSEPH D’