fears for the rights of his people with the entry of Red River into Canada, Riel never seriously considered annexation. Stutsman was, along with Joseph

. After this move Tenskwatawa developed ties with the British Indian Department. In June 1808 he sent Tecumseh to Amherstburg, Upper Canada, where he met with the deputy superintendent general of

. According to his own affirmations Jacques Terroux practised the silversmith’s craft before coming to Canada. His name appears for the first time in Canadian documents in 1755. In October of that year he had

James Abercromby*’s campaign to invade Canada by way of Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement) in 1758 and he was with the warriors who accompanied

Riel*, meant to force the federal government to negotiate with them the terms of their union with Canada. Conjointly with Charles-René-Léonidas d

 June 1699 at Chibouctou (Halifax, N.S.). Abbé Thury had probably begun his theological studies in France. He arrived in Canada about 1675, where he

. On 21 May 1698 he received from the king a land grant in Canada a league and a half in depth. After 1703 we lose all trace of this person

. Records of the Massachusetts Bay (Shurtleff). Suffolk deeds, I, 16, 26, 57. J. B. Brebner, New England’s outpost: Acadia before the conquest of Canada (New York, 1927

François Têtu and Charlotte Bonenfant; d. 9 Dec. 1863 at Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East. Heir to the Têtu and Bonenfant families, François Têtu

, and the rest of the English party had all been captured. Verner was one of those sent overland to Canada later in the year. He reached England via France early in January 1691. Later that year

’histoire du Canada (1534–1759) (2v., Québec, 1882), II, 470. L. St-G. Lindsay, Notre-Dame de la Jeune-Lorette en la Nouvelle-France . . . (Montréal, 1900).

l’île de Montréal en Canada (Villemarie [Montréal], 1852), 141–42, 262. Albertine Ferland-Angers, Mère d’Youville (Montréal, 1945), 96, 141, 164, 324. Mondoux, L’Hôtel

reasons of health in 1876. He continually urged that the government spend more on improving the hospital. He visited asylums in Canada and the United States and attempted to introduce the latest methods of

Canada, son of Nathanael Wallace, a cooper, and Ann Wallace; m. 7 June 1877 Belinda Gilmour in Ottawa, and they had four sons and three daughters; d. 8 Oct. 1901 in Woodbridge

 –, and they had at least three sons and one daughter; d. May 1813 at Fort Erie, Upper Canada. Little is known about John Warren’s early life

Toronto; the matter would eventually be taken, unsuccessfully, to the Supreme Court of Canada, where he helped present the case on behalf of the City of Toronto. After his graduation Wegenast joined the

two children; d. 2 July 1816 in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada. Francis Welch emigrated from Dungannon (Northern Ireland) about 1740

, sculptors, and engravers; with an addendum containing additional material on the original entries, comp. J. F. Carr (New York, 1965). Harper, Early painters and engravers; Painting in Canada

, son of Ann —; m. 28 Feb. 1799 Elizabeth Bowlby (Boultby, Bowlsby), and they had nine children; d. 26 May 1860 in Saltfleet Township, Upper Canada

. Gosselin, L’Église du Canada après la Conquête. J.-E. Roy, Histoire de la seigneurie de Lauzon (5v., Lévis, Qué., 1897–1904), II, 268, 292, 302, 340–50, 360

*; d. 18 Jan. 1834 in York (Toronto), Upper Canada. William Campbell was born into a branch of Clan Diarmid that migrated north to Caithness

protectionism of Canada’s trading partners by asking delegates from the countries attending the Imperial Economic Conference, held in Ottawa in 1932 [see Richard Bedford

declared, and had placed the interests of Canada ahead of those of New Brunswick. The dominant Canadians would impose prohibitive taxes on the colony to pay for their past extravagances such as canals and

month as a private subscription for Annie and Frankie; it would be supplemented by Canada’s parliament in 1895. Annie was devastated by Thompson’s

Canada. In 1808 Noël-Laurent entered the Petit Séminaire de Québec, and the prize list at school closing shows he was one of the best in his class. Influenced by the priests at the seminary and by his

, Lower Canada. In 1779 John Antrobus was in business at Quebec, where he owned a general store in Lower Town. As a merchant he was in agreement with the

support themselves, they requested permission to return to Canada. The following year the commandant, Jean-Baptiste-Louis

from Hesse (Federal Republic of Germany), and Philipina Maria (Phébé) Horn; d. unmarried 27 Aug. 1807 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

there. The date of his arrival in Canada is unknown; in 1873, however, he was a student at the University of Toronto. His professional career began two years later in Montreal, when he was appointed

.). Ignace-Philippe Aubert de Gaspé gained a name for himself as much through his military career as through being a member of the Aubert family, who were related to the most notable families in Canada. He was

. Peter Aylen, the “King of the Shiners,” had a brief and bloody period of fame in the mid 1830s when he dominated the Ottawa valley by violence. He came to Canada about 1815, according to legend a runaway

1779; d. 7 Feb. 1802 at Quebec, Lower Canada, and was buried two days later in L’Ancienne-Lorette. Little is known about Philippe-Louis

Canada in 1919. He had shown interest in improving his medical qualifications and dabbling in research. In 1919–20 he worked under one of his

from a family of Italian origin that settled at Brest, France, and he came to Canada early in the 18th century. In 1811 Pierre-Martial entered the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where he received a classical

brought together representatives of various public and private social agencies concerned about the well-being of children across Canada. She left this position in 1935 when deteriorating health no longer

 —; m. first 29 July 1850 Harriet Abbott in Markham, Upper Canada, and they had five sons and six daughters; m. secondly 31 July 1901 Mary Ann Coates

the oldest member of the Presbytery of Saint John and the oldest Presbyterian minister in Canada. Described as a living force in Presbyterianism in New Brunswick, Bennet was a man of remarkable energy

of preachers from the United States and England in the Canadas. This matter took him again to Montreal the following year, where he almost died of pleurisy and liver trouble. Severely weakened, he was

in the 1860s, Bill’s Fifty years with the Baptist ministers and churches of the Maritime provinces of Canada (Saint John, 1880) was the first attempt at such a compilation. Although the work

. This assertion, made, ironically, in the late 19th century, when the eminence of Canada’s mercantile marine was fast ebbing with the decline of the sailing ship, has not found acceptance outside Canada

witnessed the Métis’ sharp opposition to the plan to annex the west to Canada. He even played a part in the affair. As acting governor – William

 Aug. 1797 at Saint-Pierre-Montmagny, Lower Canada, son of Pierre and Marie-Rose Blanchette; d. 25 Feb. 1887 at Vancouver (Wash

. 1859 in Iberville (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, daughter of Jules Bonneau, a blacksmith, and Émélie Granger; d. 3 Aug. 1934 at the community’s mother house in Montreal

BORLAND, ROBERT, businessman and miner; b. 28 Aug. 1839 near Bowmanville, Upper Canada, son of Hiram Borland and Ann Frank; m. 23 Feb

under the pseudonym Viator, to Le Moniteur acadien and L’Évangéline. On his return to Canada, Bourgeois withdrew to the

, including the counties of Jacques Cartier and Hochelaga . . . (n.p., 1879). Montreal directory, 1842–68. J. P. Heisler, The canals of Canada (Canada Historic Sites

, one on a bill to regulate trade with the United States, and another regarding the establishment of a banking institution in Lower Canada

York, and Vermont who brought important new capital into the firm enabling the partners not only to enlarge their lumbering and milling operations in Canada but also to set up their own wholesale outlets

America in 1816 and starred at the Federal Street Theatre, Boston, for the 1816–17 season. Their first appearance in Lower Canada was by “special engagement” with John Duplessis Turnbull’s stock company in

BRUCE, WILLIAM BLAIR, painter; b. 8 Oct. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, son of William Bruce and Janet Blair; m. 4