Feb. 1860 in Newark, N.J., son of Benjamin Smith and Mary Ann Codmer; m. 3
relationship with powerful spiritual guardians. He eventually assumed the surname Pine, an English translation of Shingwauk, although he remained known locally as Menissino. A much older individual with this
June 1884 Benjamin Gordon Hobson Wright in London South (London), Ont., and they had four sons; d
Alexander McNutt* and Planter settlement in peninsular Nova Scotia (1911–12), on loyalist regiments in the revolution (1904), on Benjamin
English, Catholic and Protestant. The electoral victory of Wilfrid Laurier*’s Liberals prompted Joseph Wesley
first cousin Métis leader Louis Riel*, who spoke English. It seems likely that Nault played a significant role on this occasion
tight rein on instruction by retaining the office of prefect of studies (until 1873 and again from 1879 to 1883), by continuing to teach courses in literature, history, and English, and by serving as
, ‘. . . poverty should be for none while there is prosperity for any. Caste is the heaviest curse civilization has to carry.’” The Reverend Benjamin Fish
thought to have won a prize for English literature. She adored the French language, but also mastered English, which she would sometimes use in her private diary and in public lectures. Arthur
supporters against the government. The Liberals in Division No.3 in Montreal met to reaffirm the nomination of the incumbent, Henri-Benjamin Rainville, the bête noire
1879 Royal presented Norquay with an ultimatum: he must obtain a majority among the English or lose the support of the French. At the same time, La
in education: school attendance became compulsory, English was made the sole language of instruction in public schools, and the government took greater control over, and provided more money for, the
English. They were steeped in the family’s mercantile tradition and imbued with a sense of adventure which was tempered only by the inherent social conservatism of their class. The Hespelers believed not
GOHIER, ÉDOUARD (baptized Benjamin-Édouard), businessman, politician, and philanthropist; b. 27
coal industry’s capacity for further growth and its implications for public revenue, Fielding, through the mediation of Benjamin Franklin
*]. Traffic, which began in January 1905, was intensified by mining booms at Cobalt, Porcupine, and Kirkland Lake [see Benjamin Hollinger
excellence in history, geography, French, and English (which he had learned as a child), and graduated in
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