In 1632 Théodore Bochart (1607–53) arrived in New France as Commandant Émery de Caën’s lieutenant. The following year Samuel de

BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG, CHARLES-ÉTIENNE, secular priest, historian, specialist in

1872 and become a veterinarian (1879) and a teacher in the French section of the Montreal Veterinary College (1879–85). Then, in 1885, he co-founded the École de Médecine Vétérinaire de Montréal, with

, son of Achille Varlet, Sieur de Verneuil, and Marie Vallée; d. at Rijnwijk (Zeist, Neth.), 14 May 1742. Dominique-Marie Varlet was the

teachers to revive the Institution des Sourds-Muets de Montréal [see Charles-Irénée Lagorce*]. Shortly thereafter Young entered the

ADHÉMAR DE LANTAGNAC, GASPARD (baptized Gaspard-Balthazar), officer in the colonial

, businessman, member of the Communauté des Habitants as well as of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal; baptized in June 1621 at Ancy-le-Franc, France, son of Nicolas d’Ailleboust de La Madeleine et de

AMIOT (Amyot) DE VINCELOTTE, CHARLES-JOSEPH, navigator, naval lieutenant, militia commander, seigneur; b. 21 March 1665 at

BARBIER, MARIE, dite de l’Assomption, sister of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame; baptized 1 May 1663

after 1760. He served at Saint-Michel, near Quebec, from 1760 to 1761, Saint-Charles (at Saint-Charles-des-Grondines) from 1762 to 1764, and La Nativité-de-Notre-Dame (at Bécancour) from 1764 to

Davis, and probably he knew of Michael Lok’s support of Juan de Fuca, who claimed to have discovered the Strait of Anian in 1592. Despite the ingenuity and persuasiveness of his argument, he

.). Louis-Nicolas Landriaux’s presence in Canada was first noted on 10 April 1748, when he appeared as a witness in a lawsuit in Montreal. He was then a soldier serving under Louis de

LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, PIERRE-JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER, officer in the

. Abbé Mailloux began his pastoral life as chaplain (1825–29), then first parish priest (1829–33), of Saint-Roch de Québec. After some months officiating at Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup), he was required

RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, JOSEPH-HYACINTHE DE, officer in the colonial regular troops, governor general of the French part of the Île de

RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, LOUIS-PHILIPPE DE, Marquis de VAUDREUIL, naval officer; b. 26 Sept

SAINT-ÉTIENNE DE LA TOUR, AGATHE (Marie-Agathe) DE (Bradstreet; Campbell

BERNIÈRES, HENRI DE, first parish priest of Quebec, vicar general of the diocese, first superior of the seminary of Quebec, and dean

DE LISLE, JEAN-GUILLAUME, merchant, notary, and militia officer; b. c. 1757 in New York, son of Jean

LIETTE, PIERRE-CHARLES DE (di Lietto, Deliette, Desliettes), aide to

COUAGNE, CHARLES DE, maître d’hôtel, fur trader, land owner, merchant, and entrepreneur; b. in 1651 in the

Godefroy* de Lintot as an indentured employee. A land grant was made to him on 21 April 1652, and he quickly became one of the chief settlers of the locality. When, on 16 Jan. 1653

.). Jean-Édouard Darveau began his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec in 1827. Having finished them, and having had some differences with his father, he became a sailor and went off to sea in

 Nov. 1687 at Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Although one author has coupled the title of doctor with his name, there is no evidence that he practised medicine

ESTIENNE DU BOURGUÉ DE CLÉRIN, DENIS D’, cavalry sergeant, lieutenant, assistant town major; b. c. 1660 at Aix-en

under-secretary in Henri III’s private household and later maître des comptes in Normandy, and of Anne de Garault, who came from a noble family of Orléans. After attending the Collège de

29 Oct. 1683, but was not registered until 4 Nov. 1704. His wife was Marie-Catherine de Saint-Georges, the daughter of Adrien de Saint-Georges, esquire and member of the king’s body

LE VIEUX DE HAUTEVILLE, NICOLAS, lieutenant-general for civil and criminal affairs

Lomeron de La Martinière and Suzanne Georges. David Lomeron was the nephew of the famous La Rochelle merchants Samuel Georges and Jean Macain

MARIN DE LA MALGUE (La Margue, La Marque, La Marche), CHARLES-PAUL, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. 1633 in

under the Jesuits at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Anne in Auray, Félix Martin, inspired by his teachers and his elder brother Arthur, entered the noviciate at Montrouge, near Paris, in 1823; he

ROBINAU DE NEUVILLETTE, DANIEL, officer serving with the troops in Acadia; b. 1672 or 1673, son of René

ROTTERMUND, ÉDOUARD-SYLVESTRE DE, Count de ROTTERMUND, chemist, miller, justice of

, royal attorney, court officer; b. 1649 in the little town of Sénillé, near Châtellerault (Vienne), son of Michel Roy and Louise Chevalier; buried 14 Jan. 1709 at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

SARCEL DE (Du) PRÉVERT, JEAN, merchant of Saint-Malo; d. 1622 at Saint-Malo

his father, he was a capable surgeon, if not a distinguished one. He built on the social foundations laid by his father and became a solid townsman of Quebec. Soupiran lived on Rue de la Fabrique in the

VILLEDONNÉ, ÉTIENNE DE, esquire, captain in the colonial regular troops, commandant at Fort Saint-Joseph, 1722–26; b. in Paris, c

BOUCHER DE LA BRUÈRE, PIERRE (baptized Joseph-René-Pierre-Hypolite), lawyer, journalist, author, office holder

results of his work on arseno-benzol (an arsenic derivative also known as Salvarsan or 606), Archambault presented a paper on the advantages of this new syphilis treatment to the Société Médicale de

. 30 Oct. 1859 in Saint-Rémi-de-La Salle (Saint-Rémi), Lower Canada, son of Théophile Blain, a farmer, and Apolline Martin; d. 18 Sept. 1925 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal

from 1850 to 1853, to settle in the faubourg Saint-Roch of Quebec. From 1853 on, he was also involved in the interior decoration of the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Lévis. In 1854 he

MIGEON DE BRANSSAT (Bransac), MARIE-ANNE, dite de

1794 to 1802 at the Collège Saint-Raphaël (which in 1806 became the Petit Séminaire de Montréal). He was reasonably good in Latin, was noted especially for his diligence as a student, and at that time

SAINT-OURS, PIERRE DE, seigneur of L’Échaillon in Dauphiné in France, of Saint-Ours, Assomption, and Saint-Jean Deschaillons in New

DAGNEAU DOUVILLE DE QUINDRE, LOUIS-CÉSAIRE, merchant, militia colonel; baptized 8 Oct. 1704 at Sorel (Que.), son of Michel

. Around 1737 he was chosen militia captain by the parishioners of Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska and received his commission from Pierre de

André*, who would become president of the Fils de la Liberté. His return to Montreal gave Emery-Coderre the opportunity to take up medical studies. His membership in the Fils de la Liberté and his

. Towards 1725 he was practising the carpenter’s trade. Then from 1730 to 1741 he worked as a wood-carver at Pointe-Claire, Lachenaie, Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Laprairie), and Varennes, sometimes helped by

LORIMIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, GUILLAUME DE (Lorrimier, Lormier), captain in the colonial regular troops, seigneur of Les Bordes (Boyne) in

MARTIGNY (Le Moyne de Martigny), ADELSTAN DE, physician, author, and freemason; b. 5 Feb. 1867 in Saint-Romuald, Lower