Repentigny, Lower Canada, son of François Juneau, dit Latulippe, and Thérèse Galarneau; m. probably 1818 or 1819 Josette Vieau, and they had 15 children; d. 14 Nov. 1856 in Shawano, Wis

Maupassant, “Les deux expéditions de Pierre Desclaux au Canada (1759 et 1760),” Revue historique de Bordeaux, VIII (1915), 225–40, 313–30

. 23 April 1845 at Wellington Square (Burlington), Upper Canada. A grandson of Sir William

employee of the North West Company. The action seems to have been instigated by McLellan in some way. Reinhard confessed to the crime, was tried and found guilty in Lower Canada, and was sentenced to be

. 1762 at Quebec, son of Joseph-Antoine Jékimbert (Kimber), who had served in the colonial regulars, and Geneviève Allard; d. 12 Nov. 1841 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Claus*, deputy superintendent general of Indian affairs in Upper Canada, “the young Men & Women have found fault with so much having been sold before,: it is true we are poor, & the Women say

. Henry Kneller came to Canada shortly after the conquest, in 1763 or the following year. On 2 Oct. 1764 he was appointed clerk of the crown, on 3 November he took his oath as deputy clerk of

analytique, série B, I. Fauteux, Les chevaliers de Saint-Louis, 106. P.-G. Roy, Les officiers d’état-major, 113–16. Emmanuel de Cathelineau, “Gens d’Auvergne en Canada

for the defence of Canada. For four months, from January to April 1746, this force harassed the enemy around Lac Saint-Sacrement (Lake George). It was not, however, until the end of June 1747

ordination in 1719, he was an instructor at Angoulême until his departure for Canada six years later. After his arrival in the colony in 1725, he spent some

for land in 1800; he applied at that time to the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, Peter Hunter, on the grounds

remain in Lower Canada free of harassment by British officials, who in that troubled period of the French revolutionary wars kept a close watch on foreigners and especially on Frenchmen living in the

, pianist, harpist, and teacher; b. 1 Nov. 1847 in Chambly, Lower Canada, daughter of Joseph Lajeunesse, a music teacher, and Mélina Mignault; m. 6 Aug. 1878 Ernest Gye in London, England

*. He was also a member of the Entomological Society of Canada, founded in 1863. Landry left the school of agriculture on 30 Sept. 1867, at

were common in the communities of women in Canada, as in France. Nevertheless it cannot be denied that around 1730 there was a certain slackening of

), one of three sons of Thomas Larkin and Ann—; m. 21 Jan. 1861 Ellen Maguire in Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had eight children; d. 31 Aug. 1900 in St Catharines

-Rivières, Lower Canada, and they had three sons and four daughters; d. 3 Nov. 1900 at Quebec and was buried in Trois-Rivières. Auguste

. Ouellet, Bas-Canada. J.-E. Roy, Hist. du notariat, vols.2–3. Taft Manning

. 1823 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada, son of Damase Larue, a notary, and Marie des Anges Lefebvre; m. 2 May 1859 Henriette Couture in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada, and they

. François-Saturnin Lascaris d’Urfé was admitted on 1 April 1660 to the seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris and was ordained a priest in 1665 or 1666. His superior soon sent him, at his request, to Canada

), Scotland. It is not known when he came to Canada but in 1853 he received a provincial certificate from the Toronto Normal School. He taught for four years in Ontario County. In 1856 Lauder married Maria

unpublished documents on the history of Canada. In 1858, he had had a share in the publication of the Relations des Jésuites, which was edited under the direction of Abbé Édouard-Gabriel Plante and

, businessman, politician, and office holder; b. 1 Nov. 1826 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada, son of Pierre Laviolette* and Elmire Dumont

in Ancaster Township, Upper Canada, youngest child of Lawrence Lawrason and Rachel Pettit; m. 21 May 1827 Abigail Lee, and they had four children; d. 14 Aug. 1882 at London

, 356. [É.-M. Faillon], L’héroïne chrétienne du Canada; ou, Vie de Mlle Le Ber (Ville-Marie [Montréal], 1860), 160, 164, 218f., 329f. Harper, Painting in Canada

 Febvre de La Barre governor-general of New France. He was then 60 years old and had had a long career in the navy. In Canada he succeeded a man of fine character, who was difficult to replace: the

(Québec, 1957). Amédée Gosselin, L’instruction au Canada. Morisset, Coup d’œil sur les arts. Antoine Roy, Les lettres, les sciences et les arts au Canada sous le régime

Yamachiche, Lower Canada, son of Étienne Leblanc, a farmer, and Marie Tessier; m. 9 Feb. 1830 Julie Hébert at Saint-Grégoire (now part of Bécancour), Lower Canada; d. 26 Feb. 1882 at

.). Repentigny was promoted ensign in 1748, lieutenant in 1751, and captain in 1759, and during this period he participated in nearly all the campaigns fought in Canada. He served mainly in the region of

du Canada, 1681 (Sulte). Gagnon, “Noms propres au Canada français,” 121. Tanguay, Dictionnaire, I, 381. Sulte, Mélanges historiques (Malchelosse), VIII

intense rivalry with the national footwear unions, which in November established the Canadian Federation of Shoe Workers in order to unite all such workers of Canada. According to Lespérance, “The

capital in Canada in 1888, Arthur C. Lessel stated that he had worked as a carpenter for 30 years and that he had been apprenticed in the trade. Like many of the leaders of the union movement in late

poverty occasioned by his large family was a factor leading to his appointment to New France. While in Canada his wife bore him ten more children (his first child born in New France was baptized 23 Oct

LINEHAM, JOHN, businessman and politician; b. 21 March 1857 in Mitchell, Upper Canada, son of Thomas Lineham

Canadien.” Weary from his arduous trip across western Canada with trying companions [see O’Beirne

Germany), and of Antoinette Hilaire; m. 24 Dec. 1744 in Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, Marie-Rose Périn by whom he had three daughters and four sons; d. accidentally in Canada 12 Aug

union, Longley was recorded as having made the curious and ambivalent statement: “Somehow or other it appeared to be inadvisable to include Canada in the arrangement; but he was inclined to think, if

security of Canada’s western empire often arrived first at La Présentation, where Lorimier would make initial evaluation and response, and transmit it to higher authority

, and lace-making in 1908 to the local branch of the Women’s Art Association of Canada, was the association’s representative to the Local Council of Women in 1905, and in 1907 convened a committee struck

LYNCH, WILLIAM WARREN, lawyer, politician, and judge; b. 30 Sept. 1845 in Bedford, Lower Canada, son of Thomas Lynch, a

disliked the use of tobacco, he prided himself on a good nose and a feel for a leaf. In 1875 Macdonald built a new tobacco factory, the largest in Canada

blacksmith, and his second wife, Angélique Marchand; d. 19 Jan. 1810 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. Benjamin-Nicolas Maillou entered the Petit

Canada, Sir Robert Shore Milnes*, when he came to carry out the first general militia inspection. On that occasion Malherbe and nine

committee of the Executive Council and thence to John Wilkie, a clerk of the peace at New Carlisle, Lower Canada, for investigation. Wilkie reported in June 1840 that part of the land was the object of

Norah, survived infancy; d. 9 July 1900 in Toronto. Thomas Marks immigrated to Upper Canada with his family in the 1840s, settling

Canada’s accounts, he had little interest in investigating his partners and protectors. He managed to remain in the colony and so elude the task. Nevertheless he was one of those charged, as was his brother

Canada, son of Adelstan de Martigny (Le Moyne de Martigny), a physician, and Louise de Martigny (Le Moyne de Martigny); d. unmarried 15 Nov. 1917 in Montreal

paid in bills of exchange on the treasury of France. In 1765 Martin, who had returned to France after the surrender of Canada, was still awaiting payment of his bills of exchange; it had been forgotten

, as previously assumed. Indeed, no conclusive evidence has been found that Martin is the composer of Canada’s earliest preserved musical composition

operations throughout the whole of Canada. It had acquired a valued place among Canadian banks by 1921, when it was taken over by the Bank of Montreal. Marc-Damase Masson was a director of the Richelieu