. John Arnot Fleming was educated in Kirkcaldy and came to Canada in 1847 with his parents. He attended the Toronto Academy under Thomas Henning. In 1861 he qualified as a provincial land surveyor and

bishop; b. 10 Jan. 1864 on Île Perrot, Lower Canada, son of John Forbes, a farmer, and Octavie Léger; d. 13 March 1926 in Billère, near Pau, France

FORSYTH, JAMES BELL, merchant; b. 25 Dec. 1802 in Kingston, Upper Canada, son of Joseph Forsyth and Alicia Robins; d. 1

trader, and Marie Poulin; d. 3 Feb. 1859 in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada. Narcisse-Charles Fortier received his classical education at the

Noël Juchereau, who were recruiting settlers in Perche, probably had an influence on Mathurin Gagnon, and he decided to establish himself in Canada with his brothers Pierre and Jean. They

par J.-J. Lefebvre). Canada, Province of, Legislative Assembly, Journals, 1852–53, app. J.J., “Education, Lower Canada: report of the superintendent of education

, began a large immigration of their two families to Upper Canada. Worts established himself as a flour miller at the mouth of the Don River near York (Toronto) and began construction of a windmill. In 1832

in the affaire du Canada to five years’ banishment from Paris and a fine of 30 livres for accepting bribes and falsifying accounts. The sentence was pronounced in absentia

in 1902 and soon began calling itself “the largest lumber manufacturing establishment in Western Canada or on the Pacific Coast, and one of the largest in the world.” Its four plants had a daily

Qu’Appelle Industrial School a model Catholic educational facility for native people and the largest such institution in Canada. The native children, in parallel boys’ and girls’ schools, attended classes for

and was buried two days later in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada. The Hyatt family, which originally came from England, took root in North America in the

Canada, son of Jean-Baptiste Hébert, a day labourer, and Marie-Anne Blais; d. October 1919 in the hospital at Harrington Harbour, Que., and was buried 19 October in the cemetery at Tête-à-la

1876 he was called to the English bar but chose instead to practise law in Canada, articling with the Toronto firm Rose, Macdonald, and Merritt. Admission to the Ontario bar followed in 1877, and he

([1854]), 24–48. Alexander Henry, Travels and adventures in Canada and the Indian territories between the years 1760 and 1776, ed. James Bain (Boston, 1901; repr. Edmonton, 1969), 78–79. JR

Canada, eldest surviving son of William Jarvis* and Hannah Peters*; m. 1 Oct

, Lower Canada, son of Amable Jetté, a merchant, and Jeanne-Joséphine (Caroline) Gauffreau; m. 23 April 1862 in Montreal Berthilde Laflamme, sister of Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe

Callière in 1701 concerning the Sieur de Chacornacle’s career before he came to Canada. He had first been a cadet for two years; as his commanding officer had recommended him to Versailles for his

. When Upper Canada was created in 1791, it was generally expected that Sir John would be named its first lieutenant governor. Bitterly

Canada, and they had three sons; m. secondly 1820 Florella Smith, with whom he had three sons and two daughters; d. 21 Aug. 1840 in Brockville, Upper Canada

legal proceedings, both in Canada and in France, to which she made several trips, and she proved to be a stubborn litigant. Her long struggle in the courts lasted from 1704 to 1713. Having exhausted legal

 1812; 29 March, 7 June 1821; 28 April 1823. F.-J. Audet, “Les législateurs du Bas-Canada”; “Officiers canadiens dans l’armée anglaise,” BRH, 29 (1923): 155–56. Le

Eugene Thornton Kingsley (d. 1929) was one of the most notable socialist intellectuals of his time in Canada. After losing his

Hubert-Joseph*, was a member of the first House of Assembly of Lower Canada in 1792. La Croix did not have Sarrazin’s talent and great ability; his contribution to the advancement of Canadian

novices of the monastery at Béthune in Artois. In May 1670, he came to Canada with Father

citadel, defend Canada against a possible English attack, and undertake operations as far as possible against the English settlements in Acadia and Newfoundland. To carry out this ambitious program, a

, probably thanks to the patronage of Denis-Benjamin Viger*, who persuaded the youthful student to contribute to L’Aurore des Canadas

final vows. He sailed for Canada in 1736 and, after spending a little time in Quebec or Montreal, left for the west to begin 25 years of missionary work there. He passed the 1738–39 winter season at

of central importance go by default. A defence of the church’s status in the Canadas could never rely solely on legal arguments. The best case possible had to be made for the distinctive theological

. As intendant, Lauson was required to make arrangements for restoring Canada to France after the capture of Quebec by the

. He returned to Canada only in 1726 when, in quick succession, he was made a lieutenant in the colonial regular troops, commandant at Fort Frontenac (Kingston, Ont.), and in 1727 captain of his own

-du-Loup (Louiseville); b. c. 1633; d. 1 Sept. 1713, a bachelor. Jean Lechasseur arrived in Canada in September 1672 with

. 9 Sept. 1709 at Montreal. Legardeur arrived in Canada in 1636 with his parents. At an early age he was associated with the fur trade, and

as likely, he came to Canada from the West Indies. He apparently brought his wife, Marie Collet, born in Guadeloupe, to live in New France before 1744 for he was then residing with her on Rue Sainte

. 1874. John Bower Lewis came to Canada with his parents and they settled near Bytown (Ottawa) in 1820. He studied law in Toronto with James Boulton, was

* even before leaving England for Upper Canada in 1792, where he rose in the service to become a deputy inspector general of hospitals. The family settled successively in the administrative centres of

 Feb. 1806 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada, and baptized the same day at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, son of Abraham-François Marchessaut, a master blacksmith, and Émélie Cormier; d. 8 July

MARCHILDON, THOMAS, farmer, shipbuilder, and politician; b. 27 Feb. 1805 in Batiscan, Lower Canada, son of

Boucher* de Niverville of Trois-Rivières, is concerned especially with the criminal acts of which she was accused during the final months of French domination in Canada. On 20 Aug. 1759

. 7 Nov. 1729 at Quebec. Martel came to Canada in 1672 as a soldier in the personal guard of Governor Frontenac

., IX. Abbott, History of medicine, 19, 20. Ahern, Notes pour l’histoire de la médecine, 403–8. M. R. Charlton, “Outline of the history of medicine in Lower Canada

Newcastle, Upper Canada, son of Hart Almerrin Massey* and Eliza Ann Phelps; m. 11 July 1888 Susie Maria Denton in Lowell, Mass., and

. In 1792 Michaux decided to pursue his botanical studies in Lower Canada. On 2 June he met the retired fur trader Peter

six and a half shares. When the firm of John Molson and Sons came to an end in 1823, Thomas decided to leave Lower Canada, where the marriage laws

substantial assistance for the following year; but meanwhile he sent some 100 soldiers to Canada, under the orders of a gentleman named de Monts. The task of

Mallory, and they had one son and four daughters; d. 20 Sept. 1860 in Gananoque, Upper Canada. John McDonald spent his earliest

at Peterborough, Canada West. He married but the name of his wife is not known, and he apparently had no close relatives when he died

educator; b. 1861 in Kincardine, Upper Canada; d. 20 Nov. 1900 in Regina. After receiving part of his early education in Kincardine, Angus

, Upper Canada, son of James McMillan and Eleanor (Ellen) Crawford; m. 10 April 1878 Mary Lindsay in Collingwood, Ont., and they had one daughter; d. 14 April 1933 in Winnipeg

studied theology there until 1720. After teaching rhetoric at the Jesuit college in Eu (dept. of Seine-Maritime) for a year, he sailed in 1722 for Canada, arriving in the summer. The following year he was

in Bordeaux from 1730 to 1734. He then left for Canada, sailing on the Rubis along with the new bishop of Quebec, Dosquet