Saint-Étienne* de La Tour; d. at Sainte-Foy near Quebec, 19 June 1711. Martin obtained his elementary and theological education from

the Dutchman, northwest fur-trader; baptized 23 April 1738 at La Tour-de-Peilz, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, son of Adam Samuel Vuadens and Marie-Bernardine Ormond (Ermon); d

. 1805 in the hamlet of La Garde, in the commune of Gap (department of Hautes-Alpes), France, son of Bruno Guigues, army officer and goldsmith, and Thérèse Richier; d. 8 Feb. 1874 at Ottawa

. Marie-Anne de Tour; d. 25 March 1730 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island). Sainte-Marie began his military career in 1686

Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour to King Louis XIII, dated 25 July 1627, says of Biencourt “he has been dead four years,” but a passage in Champlain’s Voyages has led

. By late autumn Boishébert was back in Quebec. In 1754 he again left for Acadia, with the title of commandant of Fort La Tour, at the mouth of the Saint John, and there he worked to counter

*, and Joseph La Rocque* with enthusiasm; they in turn were supported by Bishop Jean-Jacques

Huguet*, dit La Tour. His stamp – IS in a rectangle (which must not be confused with the one Joseph Sasseville used) – was, like theirs, more the mark of a workshop than of a

its mouth, and on 2 September at Port-Royal, he took possession of that place and also accepted the surrender of Fort La Tour at Cap de Sable

MEULLES, JACQUES DE, seigneur of La Source, chevalier, intendant of New France (1682–1686), son of Pierre de Meulles, king’s

between him and his wife signed in Quebec on 17 Oct. 1760. He was probably in attendance on the garrison of Fort La Tour, at the mouth of the Saint John River (N.B.), which was under the

now 14-year-old Emma gave at the same place, La Minerve described her voice as “sent from heaven.” She also sang in Chambly, Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), L’Assomption

performances of his feats of strength over the 23 years of his public career. During one of his tours, his reputation was secured when he restrained pairs of horses and raised, on his

meeting held in Vaudreuil on 27 Dec. 1827. The address, which was reported in La Minerve of 7 Jan. 1828, revealed that he still had confidence in British institutions; if

departed for the west. Working as an interpreter and school teacher, Copway spent the winter of 1834 at Kewawenon Mission on the south shore of the lake, and the winters of 1835 and 1836 at La Pointe

of Allain Landry and Anastasie Dupuis (Dupuy), a descendant of Charles de Saint-Étienne* de La Tour; d. 12

port district and relocated further west, in a three-storey building on the corner of Rue de la Commune and Rue de Callière. Thus he retained his clientele

. Under the guardianship of André Gaudry, a Métis from Willow Bunch, Beaupré then began a tour of several Canadian cities, where he performed feats of strength, lifting a 600-pound horse on his shoulders

at La Tour (dept of Puy-de-Dôme), France; d. 20 Oct. 1798 in Montreal (Que.). Gabriel-Jean Brassier entered the Grand Séminaire

 Roque], “Tour of inspection made by the Sieur de La Roque; census, 1752,” PAC Report, 1905, II, pt.i: 88. Arsenault, Hist. et généal. des Acadiens (1978). J.-H