Garnier, the first Jesuit ordained in Canada. Bruyas’ position became almost untenable in August of the following year when there came news that some Oneida had been robbed of their furs and

one son; d. 7 March 1797 at Chippawa (Niagara Falls), Upper Canada. In 1772 John Burch emigrated from London to New York City, where he

returned to France, where he cannot be traced. It is not known under what circumstances Michel Bénard arrived in Canada. On 19 Nov. 1733 he attended

in western Canada, 1874 to 1916: a criminal case study,” CCHA Study Sessions, 53 (1986): 53–70.

JR (Thwaites) passim. Revisions based on:Early Jesuit missions in Canada (15v., Halifax, 2001–4), 14–1 (Paul Le

Luard*, the British general commanding the Canadian militia. Unlike his father and many colleagues on both sides of the house, Caron had never served in the militia. However, Canada was passing

Montcalm he came from “the region of Morlaix.” Cartier arrived in Canada shortly before 1728 and obtained from Pierre Lepage de Saint-Barnabé, seigneur of Rimouski, a piece of land on the Île

Cawthra* and Mary Turnpenny; d. Toronto, Ont., 26 Oct. 1880. Joseph Cawthra came to Canada in 1803 and settled near the present Port

American cause by circulating in the Montreal region a Lettre adressée aux habitans de la province de Québec, ci-devant le Canada; this pamphlet had been printed for the first Continental Congress

, Liste des terrains concédés, 1253. Hare, “L’Assemblée législative du Bas-Canada,” RHAF, 27: 379–80. Massicotte, “Les Chaboillez,” BRH, 28: 184–88, 207–9, 241–42, 274–76, 311–13, 325

, app.9. Le Journal de Québec, 11 août 1864. Canada directory, 1857–58. Cyclopædia of Canadian biog. (Rose, 1888), 381–82. Frère

Mary Immaculate and Roman Catholic priest, teacher, school administrator, and bishop; b. 17 Feb. 1862 in Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Lower Canada, son of Hyacinthe Charlebois and Émérente

, Webster coll., Manuscript contract for the lease of the seigneury of Mathieu Damours de Freneuse to Michel Chartier, 5 Aug. 1696 (shelf 40, pkt.40). Canada, Prov. of, Governor General, Titles

, Canada under Louis XIV, 41–44. Lucien Lanier, Étude historique sur les relations de la France et du royaume de Siam, de 1662 à 1703 . . . (Versailles, 1883). Ernest Lavisse et

-le-Grand in Paris, he set out for Canada in 1674. The following year he was at Kentaké (La Prairie de la Magdeleine), where he distinguished himself as a preacher and spiritual director. There he

Johnson*; m. before June 1816 Esther Serena Joseph Leon, and they had at least five sons and three daughters; d. 22 Feb. 1857 in London, Upper Canada

order of Saint-Louis with an 800-livre gratuity, and was appointed major of Trois-Rivières. After his return to Canada in 1749 he was obliged to have his wounded arm amputated. He did not survive

. Couturier probably came to Canada in 1697. On his arrival he entered into partnership with the masons Gilbert Maillet and Jean Deslandes, to build houses for

(Can., Parks Canada, National Hist. Parks and Sites Branch, Manuscript report, no.312, Ottawa, 1977).

Newfoundland suitable for settlement – potentially fertile and promising mineral wealth, drugs (such as sarsaparilla), and a fur trade with the Indians such as that established by the French in Canada. Any

,” BRH, XXXVII (1931), 190, 303, 307. “Les notaires au Canada,” APQ Rapport, 1921–22, 46. P.-G. Roy, Inv. ord. int., II, 239; III, 63, 100. Tanguay

to sign Dassilva), master mason and stone-cutter, masonry contractor at Quebec; b. 1698 in Canada, son of Pedro Dasilva of Lisbon, Portugal, and Jeanne Greslon La Violette; m. 12

AAQ, Copies de documents, Série A: Église du Canada, III, 9f. ASQ, Évêques, 172; Lettres, N, 48, 123; R, 64, 77; Missions, 73, 73c, 102; Paroisses diverses, 47–48. Noël Baillargeon, “Les missions du

ministers and churches of the Maritime provinces of Canada (Saint John, N.B., 1880), 330–32. J. A. Clark, A history of the First Baptist Church, Charlottetown ([Charlottetown

. Since 1826 the organizers of the normal schools, conscious of the two ethnic groups in Lower Canada, had maintained as an essential part of the curriculum the teaching of the mother tongue and of the

Talon*, who stressed that “if persons of this quality readily take this route, Canada will soon be filled with people capable of maintaining it well

elder brother George to Manitoba in 1904. Initially his fortunes fared little better in Canada and he turned to various jobs, including farm labourer and pick-and-shovel worker. He took a correspondence

], and in April 1870 returned to Canada via New York with their first detachment. After 10 months as curate at Sainte-Catherine (Portneuf County

to Canada he took up residence in the parish of L’Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours, where he practised his profession competently and with dedication for more than 55 years. In 1835 he founded the

. That year the society sent Douglas to botanize in the northeastern United States. Authorized to go as far as Amherstburg, Upper Canada, he nevertheless proceeded to Sandwich (Windsor), passing through

a schism among Polish American Catholics might be repeated in Canada, traditional linkages between Polish nationalism and Catholicism, and the opposition of some priests to ethnically based Polish

Nicholson in 1710, Duvivier returned to France. In June 1712 he was awarded the command of a company in Canada but failed to leave Paris in time to embark, for which negligence he was severely

they found their associates safe and sound. Brother Du Thet, however, wanted to end his days in Canada. A site was chosen at Saint-Sauveur, but

DUHAMEL, GEORGES, lawyer, editor, politician, and newspaper owner; b. 2 Jan. 1855 in Belœil, Lower Canada

, the reader should look at L’esclavage au Canada français, in which Marcel Trudel has analyzed fully the case of the Pawnee Marguerite Duplessis.  m.p.]

on the list of those creative spirits who, in each generation, make an appearance in the economic and social history of Canada

. concessions, passim. “Les notaires au Canada,” APQ Rapport, 1921–22, 22. J.-E. Roy, Histoire du notariat, I: 76f., 89–91. P

into the Bell Telephone Company of Canada). From the $5,000 claimed on 1 April 1881, the company had reduced its “demand for damages to the sum of ten dollars,” “being convinced that the Defendant

, Journals, 1847–50. I. E. Bill, Fifty years with the Baptist ministers and churches of the Maritime provinces of Canada (Saint John, N.B., 1880). K. F. C. MacNaughton

confederation with Canada in 1871, Elliott was still high sheriff. Twice in 1872 he applied to the Canadian government for a judgeship, but received no satisfaction. In 1873 the office of high sheriff was

FAFARD, THÉOGÈNE, physician, druggist, and professor of botany; b. in 1855 probably in Montreal, Canada East, son of Norbert

magazines in Canada and England. In 1901, at age 34, Fairbanks married her former co-editor, Piers. He had recently been appointed deputy keeper of

would observe in 1902, he was immensely knowledgeable and was “possessed of an enormous capacity for work”; his speeches on Canada’s foreign trade, for instance, reveal a marvellous command of information

Joseph Gagnon. Both died in 1759, and Forget was left alone. When the news of the cession of Canada reached him at the end of 1763, the unhappy missionary was panic-stricken. Convinced that the British

ACM, B. 5654. PAC Report, 1912, App.B. Couillard Després, Saint-Étienne de La Tour. Insh, Scottish colonial schemes. Lanctot, Histoire du Canada

 Aug. 1866 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada, son of Joseph-Elzéar Fortier and Marie-Louise-Joséphine Simard; m. 12 Oct. 1896, at Quebec, Alice Boucher de La Bruère, daughter of Pierre

Lewis*, would be the first Black mayor in Nova Scotia and the first Black female mayor in Canada when she was voted into office in Annapolis Royal in 1984. Fortune’s cartage business was taken over by

 LXXIX–LXXXV. N.S., House of Assembly, Journal and proc., 1800–6. Colonial Patriot (Pictou, N.S.), 6 Nov. 1830. The Fulton family of Atlantic Canada; sponsored by the

-NARCISSE, surveyor, civil engineer, office holder, professor, and promoter of colonization; b. 13 Jan. 1849 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada, son of Jean-Baptiste Gastonguay

communes, Débats, 1875–77. “Parl. debates” (CLA mfm. project of parl. debates, 1846–74), 1870–74. Le Canadien, 5 août 1882. Le Courrier du Canada, 1857–82