Baldwin* in Canada West; but the St John’s Morning Courier asked (30 May 1848) if Newfoundland, lacking a cohesive population, did not need some solid institutional structures of

third year of philosophy and four years of theology. Ordained priest early in April 1753, La Brosse came to Canada with a number of other

Canada in 1726 as Charles de Beauharnois’s secretary and protégé, and from then on schemed to

part of Highland), Scotland, son of George Laidlaw; m. in June 1858 Ann Middleton of Toronto, Canada West, and they had five sons and three daughters; d. 6 Aug. 1889 near

“that I may end in our dear Canada the few days that remain to me,” and the Onondagas sent a request to have him back in their villages. These desires remained unfulfilled at the time of his death in

LE SAGE, SIMÉON, lawyer, politician, civil servant, landowner, and farmer; b. 3 June 1835 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada, son

riding of Provencher. Lefebvre d’Hellencourt addressed international topics. For example, he favoured Laurier’s position on the question of Canada’s

-Ouelle, Lower Canada, son of François Letellier de Saint-Just, a notary, and Marie-Sophie Casgrain; m. 9 Feb. 1848 Eugénie-Éliza Laurent; d. 28 Jan. 1881 at Rivière-Ouelle

. 1750 in Scotland, son of Andrew Mitchell, a manufacturer in Livingston, and Elizabeth Anderson; d. 7 Aug. 1832 in Penetanguishene, Upper Canada

of Louis de Montmollin, office holder, and Salomé Gaudot; d. 17 Dec. 1803 at Quebec, Lower Canada. David-François de Montmollin was the

of the New Brunswick and Canada Railroad and trustee of the St Croix and Penobscot Railroad. He was also president of the St Croix Lloyds Insurance Company

North America required. He advocated a settlement of Highland Scots between Lower Canada and New Brunswick “for the purpose of forming a barrier of distinct men near the frontiers of the United

settlement (Man.); d. 15 Jan. 1853 in St Andrews (Saint-André-Est), Lower Canada. Archibald McDonald was enlisted in early 1812 by Lord

. . . by order of a Committee,” McNiff resettled at Albany until the spring of 1779 when local rebels heard of “some intelligence he had conveyed to Canada.” McNiff fled to security behind the British lines

Alexander James McPhail (1883–1931) was a leader in the cooperative movement in western Canada. A former secretary of the

prosperous Nolin brothers identified politically with the more conservative or “loyalist” Métis who supported the Council of Assiniboia and the proposed transfer of Rupert’s Land to Canada. This loyalist group

the merger wave of 1909–13 in Canada, it was understandably greeted with scepticism and concern at the time, and Dominion Coal’s subsequent difficulties were often attributed to this initial act of what

Canada in Montreal. He was a member of the council of the Montreal Bar Association in 1907. Two years later, along with fellow lawyers Napoléon-Kemner Laflamme and Eugene

. 1838 in La Prairie, Lower Canada. François-Xavier Pigeon came from a family of humble artisans who were striving to move upwards from the place they

construction of Canada’s first transcontinental railway, and it wanted to make improvements in the infrastructure to meet the needs of travellers. Price was therefore engaged to build Windsor Station in Montreal

child of Isaac Quesnel de La Rivaudais and Pélagie-Jeanne-Marguerite Duguen; d. 3 July 1809 in Montreal, Lower Canada. Joseph

in Dunkeld, Scotland; d. 5 April 1810 in Montreal, Lower Canada. Daniel Robertson must have secured some medical training in Scotland

inherited the largest share of the property, to join him. The year 1794 marked the beginning of Roux’s career in Lower Canada. The previous year, the

from across Canada, who included premiers Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley

. Scott,”, Saguenayensia (Chicoutimi), 15 (1973): 88–92. Raoul Blanchard, L’est du Canada français, province de Québec (2v., Montréal et Paris, 1935), 2: 90. Arthur Buies, La province

Melançon, the eminent archivist of the Jesuits in Canada, has made this note: “Nix, but rather Raudot (junior) [Antoine

, though Smith rarely made his business preoccupations and stratagems public, especially with Canada engaged in war in Europe. Never one to run for

, England; d. 25 April 1819 at Quebec, Lower Canada. Although he may have studied at a Jesuit college in Europe, James Tanswell himself

Robert Thorburn and Alison Grieve; m. 1865 Susanna Janetta Milroy of Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had five children; d. 12 April 1906 in St John’s

brigadier-general, commander-in-chief of his majesty’s forces in Canada, subsequently ascribed to “Junius,” and A refutation of the letter to an honble. brigadier-general

complimented by judge Samuel Henry Strong* of the Supreme Court of Canada for his “able and exhaustive” advocacy in Chapman v

. ord. int., I, 183, 229–30; II, 104. [É.-M. Faillon], Vie de Mme d’Youville, fondatrice des Sœurs de la Charité de Villemarie dans l’île de Montréal en Canada (Villemarie

year he advertised himself in Canada ecclésiastique (Montreal) as “the prize-winning architect of the arches and decorations of the eucharistic congress on the streets of St‑Hubert

away to serve with a Highland regiment, first in Ireland and then in Canada. According to Thomas Douglas, 5th

Island. The society was granted a charter by the provincial government on 16 May. By the end of the summer the foundation numbered about 1,250 members in Canada and the United States, in addition to

resulted in conflicts with provincial officials and disputes in court with their counsel, and twice the Supreme Court of Canada reversed his decisions in important constitutional cases. Perhaps the most

; d. 24 June 1849 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada. Mathew Bell, whose well-to-do father was twice mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, came to

et Commisions des Gouverneurs Généraux & Intendants, tirés des Registres du Conseil Supérieur faisant partie de la Legislature En force dans la Colonie du Canada, aujourd’huy Province de Quebec

now evinced a slowly growing urge to revise the catalogue of plants in French Canada from beginning to end. Though just a beginner, Marie-Victorin fully understood the extent to which the science of

Hindenlang*, commander of the rebels’ right wing. On 19 March 1839 he was found guilty of high treason, and, in September of that year, deported to Australia. He did not return to Canada until January

Massachusetts and Egerton Ryerson*, chief superintendent of education in Upper Canada, in developing the public schools of Nova Scotia. Once in office

economic plight in their joint dispatch of 1707, the Raudots declared: “A true picture of Canada was given you, my lord, when you were informed of its misery; everything there is poor and exists only as a

indicate and the details concerning Raudot’s financial situation on his return from Canada, is found in BN, MS, Cabinet des titres, P.O. 28,921, 13, 23, 25, 31; Dossiers bleus, 557, 14,680

the publication of the Quebec terms in December 1864. His support for union with Canada outraged Bennett, who had emerged as the leading anti-confederate. Their acrimonious dispute diverted readers of

lawsuit by Saint-Castin, he invoked the question of domicile, and returned to the charges of illegitimate birth. The court, which was very anxious to send the young baron back to Canada, took up the affair

 Oct. 1775 Marie-Thérèse Bondy in Michilimackinac; d. 12 March 1802 in Varennes, Lower Canada. During the turmoil of the Seven Years’ War

and Helena Modjeska. In 1893 he returned to Montreal. From 1896 to 1898 Cazeneuve performed in Canada and the United States at the head of his own

. Official tributes followed quickly upon the press accolades. Ancient was honoured by the government of Canada, the Humane Society of Massachusetts, and the Citizens’ Relief Committee of Chicago. He accepted

education. In March 1831 Alexander joined the Hudson’s Bay Company; his initial contract was for five years at an annual salary that increased progressively from £20 to £50. He sailed for Canada in April

judge; b. 6 March 1857 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada, son of Louis Archambeault* and Marguerite-Élisabeth Dugal; m. 27