whom reached adulthood; d. 13 Feb. 1823 at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada, and was buried two days later in the parish church. Pierre

, Ont. William Douglas Balfour arrived in St Catharines, Upper Canada, with his family at the age of six. He attended the local elementary school

, I, 310. Jouve, Les Franciscains et le Canada: aux Trois-Rivières, 95–96, 146. Télesphore Saint-Pierre, Histoire des Canadiens du Michigan et du comté d’Essex, Ontario (Montréal, 1895

on the Canadas. The landings did not go smoothly and were of questionable value as a diversion, though Admiral Sir John Borlase

. André Vachon AJQ, Greffe de Laurent Bermen, 1647–49. “Les notaires au Canada

the head of the family. Concluding that he no longer had a future in Jamaica, in 1851 he left for Canada, to establish himself in practice. A letter of introduction brought him to James Patton, a lawyer

believe that there were two men called Captain Berthier in Canada. One may well doubt this. The only two references to Isaac Berthier are from 1665: as a witness in a marriage contract drawn up on 12

the death of his father, who had been an attorney in the parlement of Paris, Nicolas Boisseau obtained passage to Canada from the minister of Marine. Upon his arrival Boisseau, who had

. Lawrence on the ice. In a notebook entitled “Miracles arrivez en leglise de Ste-Anne du petit Cap Coste de Beaupré en Canadas,” assembled in 1687 by the

; m. Margaret Fraser, daughter of a loyalist and former army officer, and they had six daughters and five sons; d. 27 Oct. 1813 in Ernestown Township, Upper Canada

BREITHAUPT, EZRA CARL, engineer and businessman; b. 19 Feb. 1866 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada, sixth of ten children of

 July 1831 in Kingston, Upper Canada, second child of Michael Brennan, a merchant, and Mary Begley; d. 23 Aug. 1887 at Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay), Ont

Jean Lyon; m. in 1813 Marianne Mackenzie, and they had six children; d. 30 June 1863 at Toronto, Canada West. Peter Brown, whose

originally from Pont-Saint-Esprit in Provence and arrived in Canada in 1756; Charles Bruguier’s second wife was Sophie Mercier. Élisabeth’s baptismal certificate gives the name Bruguier, but the spelling was

Toronto, Ont. Andrew Norton Buell was educated at Pointe-Claire, Lower Canada (where he acquired a fluency in French), and at Brockville, Upper Canada

Riel* had begun to organize resistance to the transfer of the North-West to the dominion of Canada without prearranged terms. Bunn was elected a representative from St Clements to the council of

, Upper Canada. John Burrows Honey first practised civil engineering in Plymouth. As well, while in England, he served in a militia unit, the Prince of

CALDWELL, JAMES, merchant, militia officer, and office holder; d. 18 April 1815 in Montreal, Lower Canada

), prospector; b. 1 Sept. 1820 in Charlottenburg Township, Glengarry County, Upper Canada, son of Angus Cameron and Isabella McDougal; m. first 20 Feb. 1860 Margaret Sophia Groves; m. secondly

(Canac, dit Marquis) and Angélique (Judith) Pepin (Pepin, dit Lachance); d. 25 Nov. 1850 in Saint-André, near Kamouraska, Lower Canada

CANTIN, AUGUSTIN, shipbuilder; b. 17 June 1809 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada, son of Guillaume Cantin and

sail for Canada. This new arrangement also delighted the young officer, who received a captain’s commission at that time. After a rather difficult

. 1869 at Quebec. Thomas Cary Sr came to Canada in the 1780s. In 1797 he opened a lending library in Quebec where readers could obtain books

, issued an open invitation to the French refugee clergy to settle in Canada. Castanet was among those who accepted. Approximately 45 French priests in exile left England for Canada between 1791 and 1802

Limoges (France); d. 1711 at Montreal. He entered the Society of Saint-Sulpice in 1687 and arrived in Canada on 15 August of the following year

Colesburg, Iowa. In 1818 Samuel Chandler was living in Albany, N.Y., but he moved to near Lundy’s Lane, Upper Canada, before 1820. Within two years he

Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets (Les Becquets), Lower Canada, fifteenth child of Joseph Chandonnais, a farmer, and Angèle Bibeau; d. 5 June 1881 in Montreal, Que

supporter of the Geological Survey of Canada, especially as an interpreter and popularizer of its annual scientific reports [see Sir William Edmond

appointed him deputy clerk of the Special Council of which his father at the same time became a member. When parliament reopened after the union of the Canadas, Chaussegros de Léry’s appointment as deputy

community of Pownal, P.E.I. The latter half of the 19th century saw the rapid expansion of women’s lay missionary associations in Canada. The Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society, which she joined, was

Briand*, to depart for France in search of a better climate for his health. He left Canada on one of the British vessels assigned to repatriating the French garrison. Briand later called this departure

Canada, with his Indian wife and children. Four or five months later Suzanne and her children moved to Montreal where they boarded at one time with a sister of William. On 16 May 1832

CORBIN, DAVID, king’s master carpenter; b. c. 1684 in Canada, son of David Corbin, a butcher, and Marie

, married Alma Williams in 1832 and immigrated to Belleville, Upper Canada. With a small amount of capital, he invested in merchandise, operated a small general store, and by 1838 had established a bakery. He

surrender of the fortress, he was commissioned lieutenant and assistant engineer on 6 Jan. 1747, and that year he took part in the ill-fated expedition to Canada of Jacques-Pierre de

COUAGNE, JEAN-BAPTISTE DE, surveyor and military engineer in Canada and Île Royale (Cape Breton Island); b. 1687 probably at

. Catherine Delmage and had five children; d. 28 Sept. 1865 at Kingston, Canada West. Little is known about William Coverdale before he came to

in almost all the significant industries of western Canada. He acted as a subcontractor for construction on the Canadian Pacific Railway east and west of Rat Portage (Kenora, Ont.). In 1883 he entered

, Bourges, and Paris. After taking his vows as a spiritual coadjutor on 2 Feb. 1670, he set out for Canada, where for nine years he carried on his ministry among the French at Laprairie, Cap-de-la

emerging generation of university-trained, professional historians in Canada. Indeed, he was himself the product of an American graduate program, where the research ideal – the

widow, in New York City, and they had five children; d. 25 Aug. 1832 in York (Toronto), Upper Canada. The Dennises were a prosperous

cardinal d’Amboise (Rouen, 1724). Sixteenth-century maps relating to Canada: a check-list and bibliography, ed. T. E. Layng (PAC pub., 1956).

of Pierre-Édouard Desbarats*, assistant clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and printer, and Marie-Josephte Voyer; d

earlier, and they were to have five children. The family arrived in York, Upper Canada, on 5 Nov. 1818. For a time Doel was employed to deliver uncalled-for letters but he soon established a

. He then tried his hand at journalism before joining the army and serving for two years as an enlisted man in the 17th Lancers. Donkin came to Canada

. 1868 at Montreal. The son of a brewmaster, William Dow emigrated to Canada in 1818 or 1819 with substantial experience in brewing. He was employed as

 April 1784 in Sandwich (Windsor, Ont.), son of Louis-Vital Dumouchelle and Magdeleine Goyau; d. 29 March 1844 in Saint-Benoît (Mirabel), Lower Canada

. 1340 but the Eastern Settlement endured into the 16th century. From these settlements the Icelanders made voyages north to the Canadian islands of the Arctic and south to the east coasts of Canada and

a dancing academy and assisted amateurs in mounting plays. During the summers from 1846 to 1849 the Hills toured Upper Canada, playing substantial

FEARMAN, ROBERT CALVER, meat packer; b. 5 June 1858 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, second son of Frederick William