), 5th ser., II, 511–18. Canada, Indian treaties and surrenders . . . [1680–1906] (3v., Ottawa, 1891–1912; repr. Toronto, 1971), I, 1–3. [Thomas Morris], “Captain

endowment of a Protestant church in Canada. In September 1737, Watts wrote to the SPG stating that he had been in the colony almost ten years, and

educated and travelled widely in Newfoundland, and he evidently spent some years elsewhere, probably in Canada. In 1851 he calls himself “a stranger in my native land” and laments that “all seems sadly

. Shook, Catholic post-secondary education in English-speaking Canada: a history (Toronto and Buffalo, N.Y., 1971). Sisters of St Joseph of Toronto, Community annals, [1851–1956] (3v

).  g.m.s.] Lit. hist. of Canada (Klinck et al.; 1976–90), 1: 85. Methodist Monthly Greeting (St

English or German at the Arch. of the Sisters of St Elizabeth). Sisters of St Elizabeth, Commemorating the golden anniversary of the foundation in Canada ([Humboldt], 1961); Memories

. [Benjamin] Russell, “Reminiscences of a legislature,” Dalhousie Rev., 3 (1923–24): 5–16. H. L. Scammell, “Martin Isaac Wilkins, opponent of confederation in Canada,” N.S. Hist

. Dun & Co. credit ledger, Canada, 12: 685, 788 (mfm. at NA). Halifax County Court of Probate (Halifax), Estate papers, no.5983. Halifax County Registry of Deeds (Halifax), Deeds, 165: f.8; 168

. Zachary Wood was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ont., graduating in 1882. The next year he was appointed to the supernumerary staff of the customs service at Winnipeg, and on

of Wright’s involvement, he is credited by some with constructing the first electric railway in Canada. In September 1884 the Globe

, ff.322, 359; 217/5, ff.49–50, 58–59, 61–65, 146–51, 153–69, 199–200; 217/30, ff.34–35; 217/38, ff.110, 134–36, 186–94, 196, 200–1; 217/39, f.13. Coll. doc. inédits Canada et

, in 1830 he owned five lots totalling 860 acres in Gloucester and Hawkesbury townships, Upper Canada. In addition, Wurtele had his eye on seigneurial

Canada (Toronto, 1948). M. B. DesBrisay, History of the county of Lunenburg (2nd ed., Toronto, 1895). R. E. Kaulbach, Historic saga of Lehève (Lahave) (Lower

, Jules*, a future governor general of Canada. In Saint-Anicet, where he learned English at an early age, sermons were preached in both French and English. From 1916 to 1925 he pursued his classical

America. In 1794 Arnold and three of his sons petitioned the Executive Council of Upper Canada for a township grant. The council set aside this request, noting that the grant would be awarded when the

Convention in abeyance, on the grounds that the talks in Washington had been unofficial and that Canada had not been properly consulted. In effect, Canada was allowed to veto a deal that Newfoundland valued

. 19 March 1861 in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines (Grondines), Lower Canada, son of Joseph-Nérée Gouin, a physician, and Séraphine Fugère; m. first 24 May 1888 Élisa Mercier (d. 4

. 4 Oct. 1733 in Montreal (Que.), tenth child of Raymond Baby and Thérèse Le Compte Dupré; d. 6 Oct. 1820 at Quebec, Lower Canada

. In answer to the appeal of his fellow-countryman Robert Giffard* to settle in Canada, Gaspard Boucher sold his farm at Mortagne on 1

-Baptiste, followed in 1801. Around this time Dumont went to Lower Canada for about two years, passing Josette along to another trader named Paul Durant. When Dumont returned, he attempted to reclaim Josette

Pécaudy* de Contrecœur, in the Régiment de Carignan. Once peace with the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) had been established he decided to settle in Canada, following his uncle’s example. On 17 Sept

coalition headed by Charles Fisher* and Tilly which had governed the province between 1857 and 1865 had split over the issue of union with Canada

Riel’s provisional government and the transfer of the northwest from the HBC to Canada. When his cousin, also John Norquay, was elected to the provisional government, Norquay signed his

politician; b. 15 Feb. 1853 in Sophiasburgh Township, Upper Canada, son of James Platt Roblin and Deborah Anne Ketchepaw (Kotchapaw); m. there first 13 Sept. 1875 Adelaide Louise Demill (d

. Nothing is known of Dollard’s activities prior to his arrival in Canada except that “he had held some commands in the armies of France.” Having come to Montreal as a volunteer, very probably in 1658, he

Blairfindy, Scotland, son of William Grant and Jean Tyrie; d. 5 Oct. 1805 at Quebec, Lower Canada. William Grant, the son of the laird of

Canada, where he became a brewer and distiller. In fact, for an entrepreneur joint estate was unthinkable. When it came time to negotiate a new partnership, with the expiry after seven years of the 1816

to farm in Adelaide Township, Upper Canada. Upon their arrival in 1838, the Corrigans changed their name to Curry and became Methodists. Theirs was a hard life, and of their nine children only four

they were affecting a coat of arms by 1600. René Gaultier de Varennes, the father of Pierre, came to Canada in September 1665 as a lieutenant in

responsible government before Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949. Jeff A. Webb

his children – his daughter studied in Paris and Hanover and a son went to the Royal Military College of Canada in Ontario. Unfortunately, he did not stay at Prince of Wales to press the issue. In

Canada and in the southern republic. Even upon his arrival at Red River, via York Factory (Man.), in October 1849 the bishop found himself involved in a rather hot debate with the settlement’s

enterprises in Canada to escape receivership during this period of significant unemployment in many mill towns. In some, such as Sturgeon Falls and Espanola, the main employer was closed for more than a

carpenter, and Jeanne Bourdois; d. 6 Sept. 1805 at Quebec, Lower Canada. Jean Baillairgé, who was the second of six children, came from a

which he became honorary president in 1873. In 1857 he also took part in launching a newspaper, Le Courrier du Canada [see Joseph-Charles

legislature was galling. Encouraged by Reform activity in the Canadas, a legislative delegation consisting of Edward Barron Chandler* and

florae of southern Africa, Australia, and the Pacific coast of Canada was largely due to his efforts, and in addition to being in effect the director of the gardens until his death, Banks also became

 June 1850 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, son of Charles Barrett and Bridget Kelly; m. there Sarah Maria O’Brien (d. 1929) 17 May 1875, and they had at least eight children; d. 1 Oct

1931, 75 of his poems had appeared in periodicals, including Le Devoir and Le Monde illustré (Montreal), Le Courrier du Canada (Quebec City), Le

), lawyer, journalist, publisher, and writer; b. 4 March 1842 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada, son of Louis-Flavien Berthelot, a merchant, and Jane Mason; d. unmarried 15 Sept. 1895 in

largely succeeded with the governments of Ontario and Canada. In Stockholm, however, the Nobel Committee of the Karolinska Institutet decided that

Company, an assistant at a biological field station, and a forest ranger. Later, he would do fieldwork on Vancouver Island for the Geological Survey of Canada

BOURGEAU (Bourgeault), VICTOR, joiner, carpenter, woodcarver, and architect; b. 26 Sept. 1809 at Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

American invasion of Canada [see Richard Montgomery] forced William Brown, now sole editor, to suspend

Campbell*, a farmer, merchant, and soldier of Fort William, Scotland, who wrote an interesting account of an expedition in 1791 and 1792 to New Brunswick, the Canadas, and the northeastern American

), 118 (1902), nos.1–2 (1908). Baker Library, R. G. Dun & Co. credit ledger, Canada, 8: 237. New York City, Dept. of Records and Information Services, Div. of Municipal Arch., Geneal. coll

name “Canada” was derived from that of De Caën, pronounced “Cane”). P-G. Roy, Inv. concessions. Sagard, Histoire du Canada (Tross), I, 95

Canada, son of Jean Cloutier, a farmer, and Olive Rivard; d. 18 Sept. 1934 in Trois-Rivières, Que. Born into a “family of priests” from a

William*, served as civil secretary to three governors of Lower Canada – Sir George Prevost*, Sir John Coape

; b. 20 May 1856 in Saint-Jérôme, Lower Canada, son of Abraham Dalaire, a teacher, and Caroline Fresne; m. 5 Sept. 1881 in Sainte-Scholastique (Mirabel), Que., Malvina Filiatrault