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COCKBURN, JAMES
CHAUVIGNY, MARIE-MADELEINE DE (Gruel de La Peltrie)
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE (Madeleine, Madelon) (Tarieu de La Pérade)
MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD (Macdonald)
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
CABOT, JOHN
TUPPER, Sir CHARLES
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON
JOHNSON, Sir JOHN
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
CURRIE, Sir ARTHUR WILLIAM
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid)
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