newspaper in Canada. Upon graduation he was articled for a period to James McDonald*, mp for Pictou. He was admitted

the maritime history of Canada.” The same social conscience that Fry showed in business led to his active participation in community affairs

-awaited assistance arrived in 1845, Gagnon’s hopes were deceived; for it was not one of his protégés who came, but François-Magloire Turcotte, the former parish priest of Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada

Varennes, and in 1712 went to Montreal for good. She belonged to one of the most illustrious families in Canada, the Bouchers, to whose fame she made a substantial contribution, for the majority of her nine

priest; b. 22 Sept. 1841 in Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski (Rimouski), Lower Canada, son of Pierre Gauvreau, a notary, and Élisabeth Dubergès; d. 26 Feb. 1911 at Quebec

experience as a carpenter, mason, and contractor from 1835 to 1844. He then became an architect, and from 1848 to 1867 held the post of architect and engineer in the Department of Public Works of Canada East

Geddie and his wife returned to Nova Scotia on furlough. While in Canada Geddie received a dd from Queen’s University at Kingston, but he spent most of his time in Nova

Upper Canada. Benaiah Gibb’s gradual integration into the Montreal bourgeoisie was confirmed by the careers and marriages of some of his children. His

, office holder, politician, and businessman; b. 1 Jan. 1842 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, son of William Gibson and Mary Sinclair; m. first 26 Oct. 1869 Emily Annie Birrell (d

organization Gilpin gained a solid reputation in Canada and the United States in the latter half of the 19th century as a naturalist and zoologist. Over 20 years he gave a total of 34

Day he celebrated mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: “The fact of my being a Canadian, together with the thought that I was the first priest from Canada to whom it had thus far been given to

his Métis compatriots, Louis Goulet was adventurous and worked at a number of trades in areas of Canada that would become Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, as well as in the American northwest. A

history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada ([Hamilton, Ont., 1974?]). George Patterson, Memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor, D.D. . . . (Philadelphia

Canada and a sketch of the medical history of Newfoundland (2v., Toronto, 1928). Kathleen Jenkins, Montreal, island city of the St. Lawrence (Garden City, N.Y., 1966

Duff*, future chief justices of the supreme courts of British Columbia and Canada, respectively. For a time the three young men shared a residence on Belleville Street in Victoria

police magistrate at Montreal, and on 14 March 1841 he agreed to become adjutant-general of militia for Lower Canada. Until his resignation on 30 June 1846 he was one of the favourite targets of the

. 1780 in Ireland; m. 1 Feb. 1806 Angelica Fortier in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, and they had four sons, including George

Owen Jarvis, daughter of William Jarvis*, in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, and they had eight daughters and three sons; d

McLean*, and they had three sons and a daughter; d. 8 March 1809 in Queenston, Upper Canada. The power and influence of Robert Hamilton

hall, proclaim themselves rulers, and become tyrannical.” Canada had not reached this point, of course, but Canadian society was troubled. Liberals and freemasons were at work, championing the idea that

years (Saint John, 1897) and Wilmot and Tilley (Toronto, 1907), the latter being a contribution to the Makers of Canada series. Most of Hannay’s magazine articles appeared in the three

persuaded her to pursue a career in nursing. She was just over 30 when she entered the Toronto General Hospital Training School for Nurses; at the time, the only nursing education available in Canada was

HARTY, WILLIAM, businessman and politician; b. 8 March 1847 in Biddulph Township, Upper Canada, son of John Harty and

AAQ, 12A, Registres d’insinuations A; 12 A, Registres d’insinuations B; 10 B, Registre des délibérations; 1 W, Église du Canada, I, II. AN, Col., C11A, 53, f.373v; 56, ff.75–76. Archives

to send clerical students for training in Lower Canada, assigned Herron to the Séminaire de Nicolet. Faced with a shortage of priests, Lambert sought to have him return to Newfoundland as early as

circumstances of Henry Hiché’s arrival in Canada around 1700 are unknown. In 1704 he was clerk in the king’s warehouse in Quebec. In 1707 he went to Acadia as secretary to the new governor of that colony, Daniel

British Extension . . . (London, 1928). London Gazette, 26 April, 16 Aug. 1917; 6 Jan. 1919. G. C. Machum, Canada’s V.C.’s; the story of Canadians who

. and Sarah Hooper; m. first in 1839 Isabel Richmond of Milton, Vt; m. secondly in 1851 Cynthia Ham of Fredericksburgh, Canada West; d. 5 Oct. 1889 at Napanee

 1789 at Quebec. Henry Hope was commissioned captain in the 27th Foot in 1764 while it was in Canada. It is likely that he served with the regiment in

.), Fredericton, Brunswick Street United Baptist Church, records of Fredericton Baptist Church, 1844–80. Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Baptist year book (Halifax), 1895: 94–95

HORTON, EDWARD ELIJAH, newspaperman, court reporter, and inventor; b. 6 Aug. 1847 on Wolfe Island, Upper Canada, eldest

HOUSTON, JOHN, journalist, businessman, and politician; b. November 1850 in Caledon Township, Upper Canada

Murray*, the Scottish-born associate of Sir William Edmond Logan* in the Geological Survey of Canada, for preliminary surveys of

; 9 Jan. 1817; 23 March 1820; 31 Jan. 1822; 31 July 1823. F.-J. Audet, “Les législateurs du Bas-Canada”; “François Huot,” BRH, 37 (1931): 695–702

of assistant French translator to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. From then on he followed the government to its various capitals

, while William, who in 1792 took up an appointment as secretary and registrar of Upper Canada, was his initial contact in England. The products that went through his warehouse were whatever the market

deputy judge advocate at the trials of the Patriotes in 1838, and both he and Buchanan were appointed to the commission which revised and consolidated the statutes of Lower Canada in 1842. Johnson’s

Rigaud* de Vaudreuil, governor-general of Canada, and the mother of ten children, including Pierre de Rigaud* de

with helpless anger while she consolidated the governor’s position. “She controls all the positions in Canada,” wrote

. It was his depiction of habitant daily life, however, that made Julien famous in Canada, the United States, France, and England. Through his rural scenes and assorted habitant types Julien conveyed and

(Rimouski, 1943), 149–52. G. C. Machum, Canada’s V.C.’s; the story of Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross . . . (Toronto, 1956). Nicholson, CEF

Randall Barnhart, Treaties and Hist. Research Centre, Indian Affairs Canada (Ottawa), 26 July 1979. UCC, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Conference Arch. (Winnipeg), J. A. Donaghy, “Okanase

to Montreal. As superintendent of the Montreal department, Keith ran the HBC office at Lachine, Lower Canada, from early 1827 to September 1835

KELLY, ROBERT, wholesale merchant and political activist; b. c. 1861 in Russell Township, Upper Canada, third son

duties were “to count the eggs and sweep the store.” Six years later he decided to seek his fortune in Upper Canada but turned down a job in a grocery store when he learned that he would be required to

. Caroline Knott came to Upper Canada with her family from England in 1856 or early in 1857. Shortly after their arrival in Hamilton, Caroline’s mother died, leaving her in charge of seven brothers and sisters

ended, he sailed for Canada, and in 1701 he replaced Father Vincent Bigot* at Naurakamig (probably on the Androscoggin River, near Canton, Me

. Tanguay, Dictionnaire. Champagne, Les La Vérendrye, passim. J.-N. Fauteux, Essai sur l’industrie, II, 301–4. Frégault, Canada: the war of the conquest, 167

LA PORTE DE LOUVIGNY, LOUIS DE, lieutenant in France and in Canada, captain in the colonial regular troops, commander of western posts

Battalion on 7 April 1812, he later transferred to the 5th Select Embodied Militia Battalion of Lower Canada. But he resigned on 16 March 1813 to concentrate on his legal career. A