North Troy before moving to Canada in 1837. He entered the lumber trade in the Ottawa valley as an employee. Later he managed Levi Bigelow’s mills at Buckingham (Que.), and then the lumber business of

DAVIDSON, ANDREW DUNCAN, businessman; b. 18 May 1853 in Ekfrid Township, Upper Canada, son of William Davidson and Christine

-de-Laprairie, Lower Canada, son of Louis Decoigne and Margueritte Bezeau; m. 16 Oct. 1832 Maria McCabe, in Odelltown, Lower Canada, and they had three children, two of whom reached adulthood

- and tavern-keepers. The exact date and the circumstances of their arrival in the colony are not known, but when on 23 Jan. 1797, at Lavaltrie, Lower Canada, Thomas married Thérèse Chevalier

Pepperrell. After his repatriation to France, Bonnaventure busied himself with plans to secure naval assistance for Canada, but these were rejected

and brought back to Canada the next year on the pretext that he would be allowed to settle his losses. But in 1763, when he petitioned the Privy Council for assistance, Vitré claimed to have piloted

DEWART, HERBERT HARTLEY, lawyer and politican; b. 9 Nov. 1861 in St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, son

, near Kamouraska, Lower Canada, son of Eusèbe Dionne and Amélie (Émilie) Lavoie; m. 6 May 1879 Marie-Émélie Pelletier at Quebec; they had no children; d. there 25 Jan. 1925 and was

the first homesteaders began to arrive in October 1902. Under Doerfler’s guidance, St Peter’s Colony developed rapidly into one of the largest German Catholic settlements in western Canada. By 1906

Canada in 1640. Together with Father André Richard he was made responsible for ministering to the parish of Miscou, a small French fur-trading and fishing post on an island in the Baie des Chaleurs

. Doreil was both ambitious and competent. The first quality is implicit (and explicit) in his acceptance of a commission in Canada as commissary of wars at a time when his personal affairs were in some

hinting at cooperation if he selected a “maritime situation,” he offered to combine his efforts in Upper Canada with colonization on Prince Edward Island as well. As his plans for the Upper Canadian venture

the beginning of civil unrest in 1925. A few months earlier the mission had voted unanimously to join the United Church of Canada. She returned to China in October 1926 in time to open the hospital she

coming to Canada – probably in 1692–Drué had been trained in painting and architectural design at the Recollet monastery in Paris where Frère Luc lived. Drué not only followed his teacher’s precepts

Bonaventure, Lower Canada. Popular Gaspé legend suggests that the ancestors of Peter Du Val were French Calvinist refugees exiled in the Channel

), Lower Canada, son of John Duffy and Mary Ann Mountain; d. unmarried 3 July 1903 at Quebec and was buried 6 July in the Congregational cemetery in Ulverton, Que

, organist, professor, and engineer; b. 28 Feb. 1852 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada, son of Louis-Zéphirin Duval, a notary, and Éléonore Verreau; d. unmarried 23 July 1917 in

sent to North America to visit the houses that had been founded in Illinois in 1889 and in Canada in 1892. This mission earned her an appointment as assistant general in 1896. When the first laws

Marie-Josephte Cimère; d. 29 May 1820 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada. Charles Ecuier’s parents – his father was a soldier in the

until 1910, when John Robert Radclive (Radcliffe), Canada’s unofficial national executioner, retired from the profession. English succeeded him that year, and following a tradition of assuming a pseudonym

western Canada in the 19th century, and one of the few based on direct knowledge of the First Nations and Métis peoples

Railway. Recognizing that a post-confederation function for the port rested on its ability to export grain from elsewhere in Canada, Fairweather was one of the earliest advocates for the erection of grain

. Generally recognized as one of America’s leading miniaturists, Field was probably the most professionally trained painter to settle in Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. Working in the conventional

; b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada, daughter of Charles Fisbacht, a day-labourer originally from Luxembourg, and Marie-Geneviève Nadeau; d. 1 Sept. 1885 at Quebec

FORSYTH (Forsythe), ESTHER (Arscott; Barnes), brothel-keeper; b. c. 1842 in England or the Province of Canada; m

. He came to Canada the same year, and in 1656 took part in the expedition to the Onondagas which resulted from Simon Le

Massachusetts Baptist Church on 25 Aug. 1842. Fyfe immediately left for Canada. In previous summers he had served as student pastor in the Ottawa

Canada. In 1666 he became the first Jesuit to be ordained a priest in the colony. Garnier carried out the duties of his apostolate among the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee); being a master of Indigenous languages

repeated requests to the general of the Jesuits to be allowed to go to Canada. He reached Quebec on 15 Aug 1643. After a year at Sillery he set out for the

nuns and gradually involve them directly in teaching. He did not hesitate to include them in the first group of Holy Cross missionaries sent to Indiana, in 1843, and to Lower Canada, in 1847

, and inventor; b. 24 April 1808 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada, son of Michel Gautron and Marie-Louise Bolduc; m. 13 Oct. 1829 Sophie Vachon, dit Pomerleau, in Sainte-Marie

. Shortly after his arrival in Canada in the early 1680s, Gobin established himself as a merchant and shipper. In 1685 his name appeared on the list of directors of the Compagnie du Nord. After Philippe

was educated in Aberdeen and joined the Royal Navy in 1863. Promoted lieutenant in 1871, he retired in October 1873. By August 1872, however, he had immigrated to Canada, settling in Cooksville

Hunter*, who was also lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. Replaced in the latter position in 1806, Green returned to Quebec and remained military secretary under Colonel Isaac

, “Inventaire analytique du fonds Édouard-Raymond Fabre,” ANQ Rapport, 1972: 135, 138, 141–42, 144–48, 152–53. Hare et Wallot, Les imprimés dans le Bas-Canada, 229–31. Le Jeune, Dictionnaire

tinsmith, and Marie Bedouin; d. 24 March 1840 in Leeds, Lower Canada. André-Rémi Hamel did his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de

. Hansen (Monitor): den danske kirkes paaminder om mission blandt danske i Amerika; banebryder for dansk mission i Canada [Pastor N. M. Hansen (Monitor): the Danish church’s reminder of the

storekeeper at Fort Saint-Frédéric (near Crown Point, N.Y.), where he apparently remained for only a year. He stayed long enough, however, to be one of the minor figures accused in the affaire du Canada

Smith*, a special commissioner from the government of Canada to the provisional government established by Louis Riel

 — Kelly; m. 10 March 1835 Mary Ann Everitt of Kingston Township, Upper Canada, and they had one child; d. 10 Oct. 1845 at Frankford, Upper Canada

in the summer. In 1841 he moved to Kingston, Upper Canada, where he worked at construction for a year before taking up residence in Napanee. During his lengthy business career he was involved in a

AN, Col., C11A, 54, f.134; 65, f.152; D2C, 222. Provost, “Inventaire de documents,” 595. Gagnon, “Noms propres au Canada français,” 94. Le Jeune, Dictionnaire, II

Heavysege*, who composed at his workbench and wrote his work down at home. He is even said to have brought Heavysege to Canada from England in 1853. John

Bourget*, Mazenod entrusted him with the founding of the first Oblate establishment in Canada. On 2 December Father Honorat arrived at Montreal

HOWARD, ROBERT PALMER, physician and educator; b. 12 Jan. 1823 in Montreal, Lower Canada, son of Robert Howard, merchant

HOWELL, HECTOR MANSFIELD, lawyer and judge; b. 17 Sept. 1842 in Thurlow Township, Upper Canada, son of Charles Howell and

to withdraw his powers as vicar general. Hubert took Gravé’s side, while Briand, who was distressed “to see the peace disturbed in this poor church of Canada,” exhorted the coadjutor to be patient and

, Harriet Starr Stewart, became the first woman in Canada to receive a ba. By that time, in 1878, Inch had succeeded David

IRONSIDE, ROBERT, businessman, livestock breeder, and politician; b. November 1854 in London, Upper Canada, one

IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY, CHARLES-RENÉ-LÉONIDAS D’, militia officer and officeholder; b. 27 Aug. 1820 in Chambly, Lower Canada