PEIRAS, JEAN-BAPTISTE DE, councillor in the Conseil Souverain of New France; b. c. 1641 in Paris, son of Jean de Peiras, king’s
RAMEZAY, MARIE-CHARLOTTE DE, dite de Saint-Claude de la Croix, Nun Hospitaller of the Hôpital Général of
Séminaire de Montréal. Together with MM. de Queylus [see Thubières], Galinier
JOYBERT DE SOULANGES ET DE MARSON, LOUISE-ÉLISABETH DE (Rigaud, Marquise de Vaudreuil) (she signed Louise Élisabeth de Joybert
BEAUHARNOIS DE BEAUMONT ET DE VILLECHAUVE, CLAUDE DE, French naval officer, midshipman (1 Jan. 1691), sub-lieutenant in the navy
BRÉHANT DE GALINÉE, RENÉ DE, priest, Sulpician, prior of Saint-Maur de Nazar (Saint-Brieuc); b. c. 1645 in the diocese of
ECHEVETE, MATIAS DE, reputed to be the first Spaniard to reach Newfoundland; b. c. 1525; d. 1599, aged 74
LE MOYNE DE CHÂTEAUGUAY, LOUIS, soldier and sailor; baptized 4 Jan. 1676 at Montreal, son of
day.
He had made a donation on 1 Aug. 1715 to the Congrégation de Notre-Dame of a piece of land and a farm. It was only after much negotiation
LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, FRANÇOIS, soldier; baptized 10 March 1666 at Montreal, son of
Levasseur*; d. 12 March 1694 in the Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec.
On 25 Oct. 1655, at Quebec, he married Joanne de Chaverlange, daughter of Antoine de
LÉONARD DE CHARTRES, priest, Capuchin, missionary and vice-prefect of the religious of his order in Acadia; b. at Chartres (France
PEUVRET DE GAUDARVILLE, ALEXANDRE, counsellor, king’s secretary, chief clerk of the Conseil Souverain, son of Jean-Baptiste
VILLES (Ville), JEAN-MARIE DE (also Louis according to Sommervogel, relying on De Backer, but this seems to lack
DE LISLE, JEAN (he sometimes signed De Lisle de La Cailleterie), notary and
MARTIN DE LINO, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (sometimes called Jean-François-Mathieu
, seigneur, fur-trader; b. 1640 at Saint-Denis-le-Thiboult in the diocese of Rouen, son of David Messier and Marguerite Bar; buried 3 Nov. 1725 at Saint-Anne de Varennes
POULIN DE COURVAL, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS, naval officer; b. 30 Oct. 1728 in Quebec, son of Louis
-Baptiste de Mortagne in Perche; b. c. 1590; d. 17 Sept. 1677 at Château-Richer and was buried there the following day
GRANDMAISON, ÉLÉONORE DE, seigneuresse, in turn the wife of Antoine Boudier de Beauregard, François de Chavigny de Berchereau, Jacques
François Mariauchau d’Esgly and Louise-Philippe Chartier de Lotbinière; d. a bachelor 25 March 1736 in the Chickasaw country.
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Gauthier*. Moreover, in 1821 Milette was associated with the latter in the decoration of the church of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier; they may well have become acquainted at Quévillon’s workshop at Saint
BOUCHERVILLE, GEORGES DE (baptized Pierre-Georges-Prévost Boucher de Boucherville), author, lawyer, and office holder
MARTIN DE LINO, MATHIEU-FRANÇOIS (also known as Mathurin, and Mathurin-François
-de-Saint-Ours.
Jacques Dorion began his studies at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec in 1810 and abandoned them in 1816 after completing the fourth year
LA RALDE (La Rade), RAYMOND DE, lieutenant of Guillaume and
POULIN DE COURVAL, LOUIS-JEAN, merchant, seigneur, king’s attorney and later lieutenant general for civil and criminal affairs for the
SAVONNIÈRES DE LA TROCHE, MARIE DE, dite Marie de Saint-Joseph, Ursuline
LEGARDEUR DE CROISILLE, CHARLES, seigneur, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. 23 April 1677 in Boucherville (Que
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, FRANÇOIS-PIERRE DE, soldier and administrator; b. 8 Feb. 1703 in Montreal, son of Philippe de
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, IGNACE-PHILIPPE, officer in the colonial regular troops and seigneur; b. 4 April 1714 at Saint-Antoine-de
, France.
Jean Moyen entered the Grand Séminaire de Tulle in 1848 and was ordained to the priesthood on 5 June 1852. He was curate at Allassac
classical studies at the Petit Séminaire in Quebec and was ordained priest on 8 June 1748. Entrusted that year with the parish of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, in 1749 he became the first resident parish
VIENNE, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH DE, writer in the office of the Marine, storekeeper, and probable author of a diary describing the 1759 siege
LEFEBVRE DE BELLEFEUILLE, GASTON (baptized Joseph-Gaston) (he sometimes spelled the first part of his family name
-Marie Cadieux was engaged in secondary studies at the Collège Saint-Raphaël in Montreal from 1798 to 1806. He then went to the Séminaire de Nicolet, and there, while studying theology, taught in
VASSAL DE MONVIEL (Monteil, Montviel), FRANÇOIS (François-Xavier), militia and army officer, office holder, jp
DANRÉ DE BLANZY, LOUIS-CLAUDE, royal notary, seigneurial judge; b. 1710 in France, son of Charles Danré de Blanzy, a lawyer in the
Estèbe and his partners in the presence of notary Gilbert Boucault* de Godefus. His job at that time was to go to the post
GROSTON (Grotton) DE SAINT-ANGE, ROBERT, officer in the colonial regular troops in the Illinois country; b. at Châtillon-sur
LATOUR, BERTRAND DE (several sources wrongly give him the Christian name of
LESSARD, ÉTIENNE DE, pioneer of the Beaupré shore, seigneur of Île-aux-Coudres and co-seigneur of Lanoraie, donor of the land on which
LESTRINGANT DE SAINT-MARTIN (Viabon), ALEXANDRE-JOSEPH, ensign, lieutenant, captain; b. c. 1660 at Saint-Benoit-le-Fleury-sur
de Corcelles (Courcelles), who was associated with the Razilly-Condonnier trading company, and Marie de Salins; d. c. 1666 at Cap de Sable
PAYEN DE NOYAN, MARIE-CATHERINE, named de Saint-Alexis
BONAMOUR, JEAN DE, king’s doctor, one of the first medical doctors to practise in New France in the 17th century
TROYES, PIERRE DE, known as the Chevalier de Troyes, military officer, son of Michel de Troyes, an attorney in the
ROBINAU DE BÉCANCOUR, RENÉ (called Outsitsony by the Hurons), Baron de Portneuf, ensign in Turenne’s regiment, Chevalier of
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, RENÉ-AMABLE, army and militia officer, seigneur, office holder, and politician; b. 12 Feb. 1735 at