Office played briefly with the idea of pressing upon Upper Canada some of the current British legal reforms and of establishing a court of chancery through which remedies could be sought in equity. The

Ango’s life would take. He entered holy orders and was ordained a priest on 29 Sept. 1662 in Paris. Bishop Laval returned to France that autumn and, with the aim of strengthening the church in Canada

lieutenant on 14 Nov. 1813. Antrobus is said to have distinguished himself in various engagements in Upper Canada, for which he received a war

BARBER, JOHN ROAF, businessman, militia officer, and politician; b. 5 July 1841 in Georgetown, Upper Canada, second son of

Upper Canada. The Barkers arrived in Kingston in December 1832. His skill and kindliness as a physician attracted popular support in Kingston, but

. Richard Baxter’s father worked as a military tailor in England and Ireland, and after the family immigrated to Barrie, Upper Canada, around 1830, he likely continued his trade as a civilian. In Barrie he

1867 he was made a canon of St James’ Cathedral. He was prolocutor or chairman of the lower house of the first four provincial synods of Canada, meeting in Montreal. Beaven, who favoured retaining

BELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, militia officer, sportsman, farmer, and businessman; b. 28 May 1845 in Brockville, Upper Canada, son

. 20 Oct. 1808 at Quebec, son of Gabriel Belleau, a farmer, and Marie-Renée Hamel; m. 15 Sept. 1835 in Berthier (Berthier-sur-Mer), Lower Canada, Marie-Reine-Josephte Gauvreau, daughter of

engineer about 1833 and like other engineers of the period obtained practical training by working on numerous railways in New York and Ohio. About 1847 he moved to Upper Canada and secured a position with

married and had 12 children; d. 7 Sept. 1864 at Belleville, Canada West. Little is known about George Benjamin’s family background and early

arrived in Montreal with his regiment in June 1813. Britain being at war with the United States, his unit was immediately sent to reinforce British regulars in Upper Canada at Kingston, York (Toronto

close of his final college session in 1848 he proceeded to Canada East and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Montreal. He expected to work among the French Canadians in Canada East but the

son of the soil and a gentleman; such a gentleman as perhaps only a son of the soil can be. The immediate soil of which he was the son, is the soil of Canada.” In a later account of Blackburn, Professor

. 30 Oct. 1859 in Saint-Rémi-de-La Salle (Saint-Rémi), Lower Canada, son of Théophile Blain, a farmer, and Apolline Martin; d. 18 Sept. 1925 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal

, Centre de documentation, Fonds Morisset, Dossier Michel Blais. Invasion du Canada (Verreau), 105–6. “Journal par messrs Frans Baby, Gab. Taschereau et Jenkin Williams

brother William Hume*, and a number of friends from the university in emigrating to Upper Canada. After being licensed by Bishop Charles

art world in Canada. In 1894 he would express the wish that his son Frederick Henry should be content to remain an “art workman” instead of becoming an “artist” and associating with members of the Art

BROCK, JEFFRY HALL, businessman; b. 6 Jan. 1850 in Guelph, Upper Canada, son of Thomas Rees Brock and Eleanor Thompson; m

foreign and local news, as well as some poetry, anecdotes, letters, and advertisements. Brown used about 15 agents to distribute the paper in Lower and Upper Canada. At that time two other Montreal

detachment from the 5th Foot and the Queen’s Rangers. This site was considered by many the best point at which to meet any American threat to Canada’s southwestern frontier. Wayne defeated the Indians at the

Canada, second of the six sons of Adam Burwash and Anne Taylor; m. 25 June 1867 Eden (Edon) Henwood, and they had one daughter; d. 16 Nov. 1913 in Calgary

Bédard and Marie-Angélique Fiset; m. first 17 April 1792 Marie-Anne Toupin at Quebec, Lower Canada; m. secondly 13 June 1815 Madeleine Daigle in

, Upper Canada, son of Alexander Caldwell and Mary Ann Maxwell; m. first 1868 Ida Virginia Cauldwell, his second cousin (d. 1869); m. secondly 1871 Katherine Smith Falconer, and

uncle, Æneas Cameron*, was a partner of the North West Company in command of the Timiskaming District, Angus Cameron came to Canada on his own in

introduce hemp culture into Lower Canada; the arrangement included a right of withdrawal by the government, should the need arise. This initiative was one of a series of measures that had been adopted in

Township, Upper Canada, son of David Cargill and Ann ; m. 11 March 1864 Margaret Davidson (d. 1913), and they had one son and three daughters; d. 1 Oct. 1903 in Ottawa and was

. William Cassils grew up in the village of Renton, Scotland, and was educated at the local school. Encouraged by relatives settled in the Canadas, he immigrated in the spring of 1851 and soon became an

subsequent career in Canada. Apparently Susan Moulton, the American-born second wife of Senator William

. Charles Chaput’s father was originally from L’Assomption in Lower Canada; he settled in Montreal around 1832. In 1841 or 1842 he opened a retail grocery that initially also housed a tavern. The store was

Sheppard*, an enthusiastic botanist, created the Société pour l’Encouragement des Sciences et des Arts en Canada. The Quebec public was not

Canada, son of Alexander Chisholm and Mary McDonell; m. first 1854 Margaret Elliott (d. 1863), and they had a daughter; m. secondly September 1865 Mary Ann (Minnie) McMaster (d. 1904

sail for Canada, where he was formally installed in his diocese on 7 April 1881. Though he was given a large and enthusiastic reception, not everyone was pleased by the appointment. Representations

upon Tweed. In 1832 he came with his family, which seems to have had some financial resources, to Montreal, Lower Canada, where his father died of cholera in the same year. Sarah Cockburn then moved her

Susannah and John Counter; m. in April 1822 Hannah Roode of Kingston, Upper Canada, and they had six children, two dying in infancy; d. 29 Oct. 1862 at Kingston

completed at least two years of a gymnasium education in Galicia and was employed as a customs officer before he immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings in 1900. Settling in the Sich-Kolomea

English. Arriving in Canada in 1685 with Brisay de Denonville’s reinforcements, he joined the governor general’s expedition against the Iroquois two years later. He distinguished himself during the English

curing meats. In 1854 he emigrated to Canada with his wife and first child, and entered the provision business in Toronto. He overcame various false starts and reverses, expanded from retail to wholesale

sector in the city, and in fact Montreal was the cigar capital of Canada, producing nearly four times the combined output of its two main rivals, Toronto and Hamilton. S. Davis and Sons was Montreal’s

merchant; b. c. 1724 in Nantes, France, son of Jean-Guillaume De Lisle, a merchant, and Angélique Chevalier; d. 11 March 1814 in Montreal, Lower Canada

conquest and he was finding life tedious. He raised some objections to Bougainville’s offers, because he wanted to return to Canada to settle family affairs, but the promise of a commission as an infantry

Queenston, Upper Canada. John Dickson was a successful merchant and provost of Dumfries. After he suffered financial setbacks his sons Thomas, Robert, and

. 19 Sept. 1852 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada, son of Calixte Dion, a farmer, and Angèle Picard; d. 8 Oct. 1918 in Côte-des-Neiges (Montreal

Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, second son of Andrew Drummond and Jean Newton; m. 23 April 1819 Margaret Gentle of Perth, Upper Canada, and they had three sons and two daughters; d. 20

continued to expand rapidly. Du Val persevered in demanding reform. He became a moving force in the Moral and Social Reform Council of Canada, founded in 1907. A federation of religious and social

; d. 3 Aug. 1853 in Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Lower Canada. Dominique Ducharme came of a distinguished family that had been present

Maclean*’s escape to Canada and the following year he joined John Burgoyne*’s army at Saratoga (Schuylerville, N.Y.). After the surrender on 17

DUQUET, JOSEPH, Patriote; b. 18 Sept. 1815 at Châteauguay, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Duquet, an innkeeper

 Rochelle merchant, Joseph-Simon Desherbert de Lapointe. He may have returned soon after to France but, having decided to settle in Canada, he married Élisabeth-Cécile, daughter of merchant Étienne Thibierge

FAHEY, JAMES A., journalist and politician; b. in 1849 or 1850 in Smithville, Canada West