children of Jordan Post and Abigail Loomis; m. 3 Feb. 1807 Melinda Woodruff, and they had three sons and four daughters; d. 8 May 1845 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada

Canada to give him moral and financial support. Information on Idle’s business in North America is imprecise. It may be this firm that, at the beginning

PRINGLE, THOMAS, millwright and consulting engineer; b. 3 Feb. 1830 in Huntingdon, Lower Canada, son of

. Father Quentin became a Jesuit at Rouen on 5 Nov. 1617, and received almost all his education in that same city. He arrived in Canada in July 1635, and established himself at the Trois

, tiroir 77, 37 (premiers chefs de Ville-Marie de 1665 à 1676). Jug. et délib., II, 132f. Gagnon, “Noms propres au Canada français,” 156. Massicotte, “Les tribunaux et les officiers de

responsibilities related to maritime concerns in Lower Canada: supervision of pilotage, administration of port and marine facilities, and improvement of navigation on the St Lawrence. Raby drew up plans to

(Loretteville), Lower Canada; d. 9 Aug. 1826 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada. Étienne Ranvoyzé was the fourth of ten children. Through his work as a

specialized in the grain trade, and the majority of the merchants in Lower Canada to whom he advanced money and goods became his agents. The master of the grain and flour trade in Lower Canada, he was able to

Frances came to Canada; they were to have a large family. In 1823 he became a captain in the 2nd Regiment of militia at York (Toronto), under the command

temperance effort in North America had been diverted into political and educational activity in the hope of getting prohibitive legislation passed. By the 1870s temperance work in Canada reflected this

RIVARD, SÉVÈRE, lawyer, politician, and businessman; b. 7 Aug. 1834 at Yamachiche, Lower Canada, son of

duty in the Canadas, and arrived at Quebec in the fall of 1807. Expecting rather easier duties in the veteran battalions, he was somewhat surprised to find himself soon on detached service at Fort St

Canada in 1906. Apparently impressed by the abundance of jobs in Winnipeg, he decided to settle there; he found work as a cooper for the Prairie City Oil Company. In 1907, at age 22, Katherine

RYMAL, JOSEPH, farmer and politician; b. 17 Nov. 1821 in Barton Township, Upper Canada, son of Jacob Rymal

his career before he came to Canada. But he seems to have entered the army quite young, since in 1665 he was a captain in the Carignan-Salières regiment. On 14 May of that year, at La Rochelle

, Man. James Scallion immigrated to Upper Canada around 1850 with his family. The Scallions first settled near Ancaster, but were living in

in St Davids, Upper Canada. David Secord’s family moved to Northumberland County in the Susquehanna valley of Pennsylvania in 1772. Five years later

. The ready acceptance of his poetry by a literary agent in London led him to contemplate a career as a writer in England. Instead, he came with his family to Upper Canada in 1836 and settled near

Catholicism. While still young, he left Lancashire to come to America. He spent the year 1822 at St Andrews, New Brunswick, then returned to England the following year; he came back to Canada only in 1827

 Aug. 1765 in New Hampshire; m. 11 April 1803 Catherine Fisher, and they had four sons and at least four daughters; d. 3 May 1837 in York Township, Upper Canada

. Gregory S. Kealey Baker Library, R. G. Dun & Co. credit ledger, Canada, 26. CTA, Toronto assessment rolls

, and office holder; b. 1752; m. c. 1794 Ann Cook, and they had three sons and five daughters; d. 15 Aug. 1826 in Kingston, Upper Canada

Brunswick politician Peter Mitchell. When Mitchell became the first minister of marine and fisheries for Canada

. 12 Dec. 1861 at Hamilton, Canada West, survived by his wife Laura and five children. Andrew Steven immigrated in 1819 to York (Toronto) where

TANTOUIN (Pitantouin or Tantoin) DE LA TOUCHE, LOUIS, commissary of the Marine in Canada; b. c

. William Tassie immigrated to Nelson Township in Upper Canada in 1834 with his wife, parents, brothers, and sisters. He taught briefly in Nelson Township before accepting a position at the first common

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary for Canada and the United States, assuming the title of mother. She had 20 houses in Quebec and six in the United States under her jurisdiction. A period of expansion

afterwards Thomas was sent to France and placed in the prison at La Rochelle, being released on bail 27 Sept. 1635. Nothing further is known of Capt. Jean Thomas whose stay in Canada was

Halifax in 1877 under the stipulations of the Treaty of Washington of 1871 to determine the amount of compensation the United States should pay Canada for the use of her inshore fisheries. Though Alexander

Laurent, daughter of merchant Silvain Laurent, dit Bérichon, in Montreal, and they had four children; d. 5 Dec. 1821 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada

. After a brief residence in New York City, Tucker moved with his family to Kingston, Upper Canada, where in 1838 Lieutenant Governor Sir George

-Madeleine one of the great centres of pilgrimage in Canada. At his request he received from Rome, 11 May 1694, an official diploma establishing a confraternity of the Holy Rosary which he set up

Canada around 1650, at the age of 20. According to a family tradition, he arrived with a few gold pieces sewn into the lining of his coat. On 22 Oct. 1653, at Quebec, he married Marguerite

and 1866, and with other anti-confederationists he was appalled by the process which saw Nova Scotia included in Canada without a chance to vote on the matter. He therefore stood as an anti

three years before moving to Manchester (now part of Niagara Falls, N.Y.) as a foreman in a foundry. In 1821 he immigrated to Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, where four years earlier, John Mason

. 1849, he went on the bench. Appointed to the Superior Court of Lower Canada, to sit at Montreal, he served until his death in that city on 16 Feb. 1856. A prominent figure at Quebec and Montreal

“Mémoire du Canada” noted that “the Intendant has always made only interim appointments in order to have all citizens at [his] beck and call.” This statement matches the experience of François-Joseph de

settled in the United States, near the border, and had further brushes with the law. He rashly entered Canada, where he was again arrested. He was taken to Montreal prison on 8 June 1839, and he

. Finally, he returned to Eu as bursar (1626–29). It was from there that he left for Canada, on 26 June 1629, on one of Capt

-Hurons (Wendake), Lower Canada, son of Gabriel Vincent and Marie Otis (Otisse, Otesse, Hôtesse); m. 14 Aug. 1848 at Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette (Loretteville) Marie Falardeau (Falardau

 —; m. 6 April 1866 James Colton Yule in Woodstock, Upper Canada; they had no children; d. 6 March 1897 in Ingersoll, Ont

. there 25 Oct. 1928. Born in Donegal not far from Londonderry, William Wallace immigrated to Canada in 1886. He was part of an influx of Irish

Township, Upper Canada, second son of Francis Leigh (Legh) Walsh; m. 21 Nov. 1850 Jane Wilson Adams, and they had a son and four daughters; d. 6 March 1885 at Winnipeg, Man

. William Hoste Webb’s father, a commander in the Royal Navy, emigrated to Canada with his family in 1836. At that time, immigration from Britain was increasing through the work of the British American Land

. Anna Weber, daughter of a Mennonite minister and farmer, immigrated to Upper Canada from Pennsylvania with a party of 13 in April 1825. Her family settled on a farm one mile south

Reynolds is evident in his work. In 1852 Whale immigrated to Canada West with his wife and children; they settled in Burford, a village near Brantford. He

Hannah White; m. in Canada West, on 22 or 23 July 1852, Sarah Jane Woodman by whom he had several children; d. 15 June 1872 at Montreal, Que

WHITE, PETER, businessman and politician; b. 30 Aug. 1838 in Pembroke, Upper Canada, son of Peter White and

Amherstburg, Upper Canada, son of Joseph White, a Wyandot chief, and Angélique Fortier; m. first January 1867 Mary L. Drew (d. 1896) of Detroit; m. secondly 25 Sept. 1898 Elizabeth

2nd Battalion of Rifles (Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada), one of Toronto’s most fashionable militia units, for three years following 1887. He worked with Fetherstonhaugh until 1895 or later; at the time