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MANCE, JEANNE
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CYR, LOUIS
MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
STEELE, Sir SAMUEL BENFIELD
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
ROLET (Rollet), MARIE (Dufeu; Hébert; Hubou)
STARKMAN, BESHA (Tobin)
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
TALON, JEAN
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
BRÛLÉ, ÉTIENNE
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
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