Maunsell] and the other in Toronto [see Sir William Dillon Otter*], he was sent to England in the summer of 1883 to

faubourg Des Récollets, in partnership with his brother-in-law William Watson

William Cornelius Van Horne* and others at the hearing, he asked the arbitrators to conclude that the aid the railway had already

Ottawa occasioned by the resignation of prominent Roman Catholic politician Richard William Scott*. A nomination meeting chose O’Donoghue

Elwyn*, and Andrew Charles Elliott*. O’Reilly left Ireland on 5 Feb

a notary in Saint-Hyacinthe, had fought at Saint-Denis and Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu and had been imprisoned in the Montreal jail. He had later moved to Saint-Norbert d’Arthabaska (Norbertville

. 1852), eldest daughter of James William Johnston*; m

. 27 Aug. 1830 at Quebec, son of John William (Jean-Guillaume) Peachy, a tailor, and Marie-Angélique Roussel; d

interest in botanical research had been kindled by his mentor, William Smith Clark. Both Clark and Penhallow followed the trail blazed by the “new school of botanical science” which, as Penhallow explained

PIPES, WILLIAM THOMAS, lawyer, politician, and businessman; b

 William Osler* credited Playter with putting public health on the agenda in late-19th

innovations. Price did not construct as many public buildings as his contemporaries Richard Morris Hunt and the firm of Charles Follen McKim, William

PROUDFOOT, WILLIAM, lawyer, judge, and educator; b

RAYMOND, CHARLES, inventor, manufacturer, politician, and philanthropist; b

committees of council. The resignation of William Henry Boulton* as mayor led to Read’s election on 11

that he was opening a studio on Rue Saint-Jean, at Quebec, in the gallery of photographer George William Ellisson. He had perfected a “new process” for portraits. The method was simple: an enlargement of

supervised the production of building supplies, negotiated with clients, and dealt with architects including James Charles Philip

, particularly Riel. By doing so he gave legitimacy to the movement, in the face of opposition from the local administration of the HBC and from much of the Métis élite, including men such as Charles

, Charles George Douglas*, to Mount Allison ladies’ academy in nearby Sackville for art lessons. Always keenly interested in politics, Roberts was a staunch confederationist, unlike most residents of the

; b. c. 1852 in St Neots, England, daughter of William Augustus Robinson; m