organizer, and newspaper editor; b. probably on 15 Oct. 1858 in Windsor, Upper Canada, son of George Marks and Mary Henrietta Ducker; m. 9 March 1887 Emily Ada Ellis in London, Ont.; they

draw up a formal instrument of separation in 1838.) Most of his time in North America was spent in the United States, but on hearing of the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada he considered it his “duty

administrative and judicial upper middle class. His father, having practised his profession as a lawyer, was appointed law clerk to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada in 1862 and the Senate in 1867. His

 Mary), England, son of Jacob Mountain and Ann Postle; m. 12 Dec. 1769 Mary Leach in Norwich, England, and they had six children; d. 10 April 1817 in Montreal, Lower Canada

politician; b. c. 1758 at Aberchalder House, Scotland, eldest son of Alexander McDonell of Aberchalder; m. Helen Yates, probably at Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, and

night or a week depending on circumstances. Between 1875 and 1900 more than 135 such troupes toured central Canada [see Margaret

under oath that he had met McLane the preceding July in Vermont and later in Montreal, and that McLane had admitted he wanted to promote revolution in Canada. On 10 May 1797 in Quebec, John

NELSON, FRANCIS JOSEPH, sports organizer and journalist; b. 1 May 1860 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, son of Edward Nelson, a

NESBITT, WALLACE, lawyer and judge; b. 13 May 1858 near Holbrook, Upper Canada, son of John W. Nesbitt and Mary Wallace

the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada. She presented her proposal for the new body in April 1885 as the head of a seven-woman delegation to the management board of the church’s

), Iroquois chief and Methodist missionary; b. 4 Sept. 1845 on the seigneury of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes, Canada East, the son of Lazare Akwirente; d. 7 Feb. 1881 at Oka, Que

Peggy (fl. 1766–1827) was one of the hundreds of Black people enslaved in Upper Canada. She and

period found by the Geological Survey of Canada in the Gaspé peninsula. These analyses settled a long-standing scientific debate which resulted in the reclassification in 1889 of Nematophytons (which

provision of Canada-wide matriculation examinations, and its offer of affiliation to colleges with first and second year programs, McGill had made a major contribution to education throughout Canada

came onto the board of directors of L’Union médicale du Canada (Montréal). This new shareholders’ group sought to help develop hospital centres and advance university teaching in French Canada

John Rae and Margaret Cuthbert; m. first 3 July 1810 James Innes Knight; m. secondly 8 May 1820 James Fleming; d. 15 March 1860 in Abbotsford, Lower Canada

. Newton Rowell’s family was rooted in the moderate Reform movement of Robert Baldwin* in Upper Canada and the social conservatism of British

historian of Canada; fl. 1614–36. From an allusion by Sagard to Father Daniel Saymond (d. 1604), superior of the monastery of Verdun, we may

Edinburgh law firm, and when his family decided to emigrate to Upper Canada he planned to pursue his legal career in the colony. However, on his arrival with his brothers and sisters in the late spring of

SNIVELY, MARY AGNES, educator, nurse, and nursing-school administrator; b. 12 Nov. 1847 in St Catharines, Upper Canada

of parish school teacher must have seemed slight. Hence, he was receptive to an offer which came to him in March 1799 via Dr Brown, “to go to Upper Canada to teach.” He sailed from Greenock

Samuel Oliver Tazewell emigrated from England to Upper Canada some time before May 1820. His name appears in the Kingston Chronicle on 19 May 1820, when he announced that he had

late Joseph Drapeau*, in Rimouski, Lower Canada, and they had eight children; d. 7 April 1892 at Quebec, and was buried 11 April

(Iberville), Lower Canada, son of Charles Thibault, a farmer, and Esther Lebeau; m. 10 April 1866 Nathalie Viau, adopted daughter of Alexis Dubord, in Montreal, and they had a son and a daughter; d

in Lanark. Five brothers, sons of Thomas Torrance (1735–1805), emigrated to Canada via New York shortly after the turn of the 19th century. Of these, Thomas (1776–1826) and

, Upper Canada, son of John George Vogt and Marianna Zingg; m. 19 Aug. 1891 Georgia Adelaide McGill (d. 1 Nov. 1922) in Bowmanville, Ont., and they had a daughter and a son; d. 17

WATSON, HOMER RANSFORD, artist; b. 14 Jan. 1855 in Doon (Kitchener), Upper Canada, second of the five children of Ransford

trade, immigrated to Upper Canada with two of his eight children, settling on a farm in Puslinch Township. William, with a sister and two younger brothers, departed 13 months later to join their

. Although by 1800 Wilcocke was married, the name of his wife is not known. Domestic troubles are mentioned as one of his reasons for leaving England. In 1817 he came to the Canadas, probably with some of his

Richard Williams; m. 1854 Sarah Norris in Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had three sons and a daughter; d. 24 Feb. 1906 in Toronto

been named Catherine; d. 1799 at Kingston, Upper Canada. Raised in northern England and in Scotland, Alexander Aitken was trained as a surveyor

abolitionists, Burton made his way to Canada West and settled at Windsor in the home of the mother of Henry Bibb* in about September 1853. At

early age of 16 Jean-Charles d’Arnaud arrived in Canada in 1722 as an ensign, the governor, Vaudreuil [Rigaud

ASSIKINACK (Assiginack), FRANCIS, public servant and school teacher; b. 1824 on Manitoulin Island, Upper Canada, son of Jean

France with Father Joseph-Bruno Guigues*, the newly appointed superior of the Oblates in Canada, at Guigues’ own suggestion. Settling in

board, a body located in Denver, Colo, and composed of the federation’s three senior officials and one representative from each region. He also took over the job of general organizer for western Canada

Canada. In 1859 Beaudry was appointed joint clerk of the commission for the codification of laws, which had been created in 1857. This measure, made necessary by the diversity of sources from which laws

Jones in Brockville, Upper Canada, and they had two sons and a daughter; d. 2 April 1894 in Carleton Place, Ont. The family of

Canada, precursor of the Canadian Legion. The Disraeli Chapter of the IODE operated a recreation room in the association’s clubhouse. After the war, Lillian directed the poppy campaign (the first was in

whom died in infancy; d. 4 Jan. 1923 in Ottawa. After Moses Bilsky arrived in the Canadas in 1843, he lived with his father in Montreal and

Thornton-le-dale, England, son of Francis Birdsall; m. first 23 Oct. 1821 Elizabeth Burnham in Cobourg, Upper Canada, and they had four daughters; m. secondly 8 July 1836 Charlotte Jane

school to volunteer. In English-speaking Canada the popular enthusiasm was such that Borden, like many young militia officers, had to accept a lower rank as the price of being included. Lieutenant

Northwestern Railway. In 1853 he immigrated to Upper Canada to become mechanical superintendent, based in Hamilton, of the Great Western Railway, then under construction from Windsor to Niagara Falls [see

, and judge; b. 21 Aug. 1862 in Belœil, Lower Canada, son of Toussaint Brodeur, a farmer, and Justine Lambert; m. there 27 June 1887 Emma Brillon, and they had four sons and one

Matilda Township (Ont.), son of Peter Brouse and Eliza ——; m. Catherine Carman, and they had two sons and five daughters; d. 12 Feb. 1860 in Iroquois, Upper Canada

. 19 Jan. 1866 at Lachute, Canada East. Little is known of the first 50 years of John Bruce’s life beyond the fact that he was living in

engineer, Alfred Brunel was first employed on various public works for the Province of Canada beginning in 1844. In 1851 and 1852 he conducted the surveys for the Victoria Bridge in Montreal with Thomas

. He was sent to Canada at the end of 1843, and Bishop Ignace Bourget* ordained him priest at Longueuil on 29 Aug. 1844

England at the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes. Arriving in Canada in 1759 with Wolfe*’s army, as an ensign in the 35th Foot, he took

, Upper Canada. George Perkins Bull came from a military family of slender means. Both his father and his brother Richard were officers in the light