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ABBOTT, Sir JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ABBOTT, MAUDE ELIZABETH SEYMOUR (baptized Elizabeth Maud Seymour Babin) – Volume XVI (1931-1940)

ADAMS, MARY ELECTA – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ADDISON, MARGARET ELEANOR THEODORA – Volume XVI (1931-1940)

AHERN, MICHAEL JOSEPH – Volume XIV (1911-1920)

AIKINS, WILLIAM THOMAS – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ALLAIN, JACQUES (baptized Jacques-Gilbert), named Presidius of Mary – Volume XIII (1901-1910)

ALLAMAND, JEANNE-CHARLOTTE (Berczy) – Volume VII (1836-1850)

ALMON, WILLIAM JOHNSTON – Volume XIII (1901-1910)

AMARON, CALVIN ELIJAH – Volume XIV (1911-1920)

AMBROSE, ROBERT STEELE – Volume XIII (1901-1910)

AMEAU, dit Saint-Séverin, SÉVERIN – Volume II (1701-1740)

ANGWIN, MARIA LOUISA – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ANSPACH, LEWIS AMADEUS (baptized Louis-Amédée) – Volume VI (1821-1835)

APPLETON, THOMAS – Volume VI (1821-1835)

ARCHAMBAULT, GUSTAVE (baptized Joseph-Ferdinand-Gustave) – Volume XVI (1931-1940)

ARCHAMBEAULT (Archambault), URGEL-EUGÈNE (baptized Urgèle) – Volume XIII (1901-1910)

ARCHAMBEAULT, Sir HORACE (baptized François-Xavier-Horace) – Volume XIV (1911-1920)

ARCHAMBEAULT, JOSEPH-ALFRED (baptized Joseph-Hector-Alfred) (Alfred) – Volume XIV (1911-1920)

ARMOUR, REBECCA AGATHA (Thompson) – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ARMSTRONG, GEORGE ELI – Volume XVI (1931-1940)

ARNOLD, OLIVER – Volume VI (1821-1835)

ARNOLDI, PHEBE (rebaptized Apolline), named de Sainte-Angèle (Diehl) – Volume VI (1821-1835)

ARSENAULT, JOSEPH-OCTAVE (1828-97) – Volume XII (1891-1900)

ARSENAULT, JOSEPH-OCTAVE (1866-1918) – Volume XIV (1911-1920)

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