NELLES, SAMUEL SOBIESKI, Methodist minister and educator; b. 17 Oct. 1823 at Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada, eldest son of

Tullamore, Upper Canada, son of John Abraham Odlum and Margaret Mackenzie; m. first 3 July 1878 Mary Elvira Powell (d. 1888) in Cobourg, Ont., and they had four sons, of whom the second was Victor Wentworth

, particularly as a writer, reached Canada, and one morning in the spring of 1869 he was astonished to find on his breakfast table an urgent invitation from the bishop of Quebec, James William Williams, to accept

), the son of Charles P. O’Meara, schoolmaster, and Sarah Murphy; m. in 1840 Margaret Johnston Dallas of Orillia, Upper Canada, and they had one daughter and four sons, all their sons, including

, remained long after the conquest. In 1796 the statute on public highways divided the province of Lower Canada into three districts: Montreal, Quebec, and Trois-Rivières. However, the cities of Montreal and

, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Paquet, a blacksmith, and Élisabeth Choret (Chauret); d. 25 Jan. 1831 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada. Marie-Anne

from the Colonial Office a written statement that the secretary would undertake not to obstruct the steps being taken by Bourget to set up an ecclesiastical province in Canada. Having done this, Power

-Joseph Amiot de Vincelotte, the latter a ship’s captain as well as “venturer,” whose activities had brought him to Canada. In

). Pierre-Louis Petit de Levilliers de Coulanges was baptized at Boucherville 3 Oct. 1699. He served as a cadet in Canada and later followed his brother to Louisiana. On 26 Feb. 1731 he married

Taschereau, at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada; buried there 4 June 1832. On 8 April 1801 the

Association of Canada (WAAC). Several of her paintings appear in Little Canadians, a book of children’s verses by Elizabeth Rollit Burns, which was published around 1899. She was known for oil and

parish of Sainte-Marguerite in La Rochelle, France, son of Jean Pinard, a merchant, and Marguerite Gaignier; d. 1695. He came to Canada about

, one of whom died in childhood; d. 10 Sept. 1932 in Toronto. James H. Plummer immigrated to Upper Canada as a boy in 1859, when

et seq. Jug. et délib., III, IV, V. Ord. comm. (P.-G. Roy), II, 319. A. Roy, Inv. greffes not., XI, 167–258. “Les notaires au Canada,” 28. É

 31 May 1621 at Cour-Cheverny, France, son of Claude Pézard de La Tousche and Marie Masson; d. c. 1696. His arrival in Canada

, live in Canada during the same period. Jacques Quentin was a Master of Arts of the Collège of Douai and a priest when he entered the noviciate of the

 September, but they did not sail until 19 October. By a proxy signed before his departure Ramezay had asked his wife to sell his property in Canada and

the John Street School in Glasgow, James Richardson came to Canada with his parents around 1911–12. He was a driller by trade and served for six months in the cadet corps of the 72nd Regiment (Seaforth

designs for two fish ladders. The first, patented in Canada on 20 May 1880 and in the United States on 15 June, was a relatively simple

settle in Canada were released a short time afterwards. The rest of the passengers received permission to return to France on a ship which the Kirkes left them

, Dr Frank Rogan. Coming to Canada too late in the season to proceed to the northwest, Ross taught school in Cornwall until the spring when he went to Norway House. His posting to that place as an

, Upper Canada, son of Robert Ross and Annie McIntosh; m. 10 Oct. 1894 Margaret Beatrice Halliday in Peterborough, Ont., and they had two daughters; d. 23 Sept. 1936 in Montreal

1739, during his noviciate, they praised his aptitude for teaching. He taught in various Jesuit colleges for seven years before leaving for Canada in the spring of 1756

widow, and they had no children; d. 25 Nov. 1844 in Elizabethtown Township, Upper Canada. A trained blacksmith, Peet Selee reputedly

. He left school at age 12 to help support his mother, younger brother, and two sisters after his elder brother Thomas* emigrated to Upper Canada

other highly respectable citizens of Canada, Bishop Laval* included. Charles

Canada. In 1813 Shawanakiskie fled from Amherstburg, Upper Canada, with Major-General Henry

nationals serving with Canadian units in World War I, an indication not only of the importance of that war to Canada’s military history but also of its brutal nature. Sifton was one of 53,000 Canadians killed

 1728. He arrived in Canada in the summer of that year, but his stay was to last only two years, for his health and the climate did not permit him to

, 1947–48, 252f. Coleman, New England captives, I. Abbé E.-L. Couanier de Launay, Histoire des religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph (France et Canada) (2v

year, and director of the Union Bank of Lower Canada, 1867–71. In 1859, he was appointed a member, and in 1870 the chairman, of the Quebec Harbour Commissioners Board

. Martin Somerville, an immigrant from England, was painting in the Canadas by 1839. He may also have exhibited miniatures and water-colours in New York City in 1841. From 1845 to 1855 he occupied a studio

. M. Souart probably made his first journey to France in 1667. He left Canada for good shortly after 1686 – perhaps in 1688 – and died on 8 March 1691

. Probably his most important contribution, however, was the foundation he laid for trade relations with Canada. These were later extended to such a degree that Louisbourg became a clearing-house for much of

1827 Clarissa Chapin of Buffalo, N.Y., and they had one daughter; d. 28 April 1867 at St Catharines, Canada West. Eleazer Williams

., son of Samuel Street and Elizabeth Smith; m. Phoebe Van Camp, and they had one daughter; d. 3 Feb. 1815 in Thorold, Upper Canada

privileged to have John Strachan* as a tutor for several years, and then went to Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He studied law in Lower Canada

thereafter led the family to emigrate from Ireland in June 1818. Although Richard Talbot was the leader of a group of settlers who journeyed to Upper Canada on board the Brunswick, Edward had

made substantial progress, the same examiners recommended that for admission as a doctor he continue his studies at a university. Since there were no such establishments in Lower Canada, Tessier went to

undergraduate, he had enlisted in K Company, the university detachment of the 2nd Battalion of Rifles (Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada), and rose to the rank of colour sergeant. Andy, as he was known to

. Canada, House of Commons, Debates, 1871–81. I. M. L. Bescoby, “Some aspects of society in the Cariboo from its discovery until 1871,” unpublished

and Canada Railway). In addition he was a founder and director of the St Stephen’s Bank and served as its president from 1849 until 1873

.” Subjected to an interrogation that was loaded with threats, Vignau admitted that he had invented everything in order to get back to Canada. The Algonquins’ reply was: “Give him to us, and we promise you he

from the court because of his brother’s disgrace or wished to look after his infirmities, but he came to Canada in the hope of taking a rest. The colony, however, was living through the darkest hours of

politician; b. probably 2 April 1790, at New Johnstown (Cornwall) in the district of Luneburg (later part of Upper Canada), son of Michael VanKoughnet, whose father was Alsatian, and Eve Empey, both

Canada in 1655 as the agent of a group of Rouen merchants. This position must have been an important factor in his early career. In 1660, these Rouen merchants and Toussaint Guénet, a French financier

than 60 years. The first incumbent of the see, Bishop Laval*, had given the new-born church of Canada its main institutions. His

and steel as well as to fabricate and erect bridges and structural work throughout Canada. Abbott became president and chief engineer at a salary of $5,000 and a commission of 10 per cent on all company

ADAMS, MARY ELECTA, educator and poet; b. 10 Nov. 1823 in Westbury, Lower Canada, daughter of Rufus Adams and Maria Hubbard

Radisson* in 1684, and joined the HBC for a four-year term in 1685, at which time he returned to Canada. Gustave Lanctot