ROBINAU DE PORTNEUF, RENÉ, officer who served in Acadia and Canada; b. 3 Sept. 1659 at Quebec, son of René
SAINT-PÈRE, JEAN DE, clerk of court, notary, and syndic; b
. 1824 in Eksel, Belgium; d. 9 Oct. 1897 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que.
Jean Tielen studied at the Collège de Beringen in Belgium, and
of the boys would take up their father’s vocation, another would become a veterinarian, and Gaspard would enter religious life. In the autumn of 1875 Gaspard left the family home for the Séminaire de
Having arrived in Quebec in 1671, Jacques-Alexis de Fleury Deschambault (d. 1715) founded the village of Deschambault and would
In 1837–38 French journalist Hyacinthe-Poirier Leblanc de Marconnay (1794–1868) took a stand against the Patriotes. Arriving in
BÉCART DE GRANVILLE ET DE FONVILLE, PAUL, officer in the colonial regular troops, seigneur; b. 18 Jan. 1695 at Quebec, son
Séminaire de Nicolet from 1811 to 1818. On 4 Oct. 1818 Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis* tonsured him in Notre-Dame cathedral at
GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR, LÉONARD, politician; b. 7 Nov. 1793 at Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska, Lower Canada, fifth child of Marie
JOANNÈS DE CHACORNACLE (Chacornac, Chacornade), officer; b. 1672 in the province of Picardy; d. 1707 at Placentia (Plaisance
LAMOTTE DE SAINT-PAUL, PIERRE, captain commanding a company in the Carignan Salières regiment, regimental officer (1665–70
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL, JOSEPH-DOMINIQUE-EMMANUEL, army and militia officer, seigneur, and politician; b. 2 April 1738 in the
Congrégation de Notre-Dame: son personnel, 1653–1768; Fichier général des sœurs de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame; Plans des lieux de sépulture depuis 1681–CND; Registre des sépultures des sœurs de la
going to Canada, and the superior general, François Lechassier, consented all the more willingly because François Vachon* de Belmont
PÉAN DE LIVAUDIÈRE, JACQUES-HUGUES, seigneur, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. in Paris, France, in 1682, son of Jean-Pierre
PÉZARD DE LA TOUSCHE CHAMPLAIN, ÉTIENNE, soldier, named to the governorship of Montreal, seigneur of Champlain, colonizer; baptized
REGNARD DUPLESSIS DE MORAMPONT, CHARLES-DENIS, officer in the colonial regular troops in Canada, provost marshal; b. 22 June
François-Roch Rolland and Angélique Boisseau; d. 5 Aug. 1862 at Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir (Marieville, Que.).
Jean-Roch Rolland was called to
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE, gentleman, officer, member of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, co-founder of Ville-Marie, first
BOURDON DE ROMAINVILLE, JEAN, lieutenant; b. 1627 in Paris, son of Nicolas Bourdon, bourgeois, and Geneviève Amaugère; the date of his
Military officer Nicolas Daneau de Muy (1651–1708) fought in numerous campaigns against the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) and the
DU PONT DE RENON, MICHEL (sometimes called Du Pont de Saint-Pierre), officer of the garrison in Acadia and on Île
AJQ, Greffe de J.-R. Duprac, 1693–1723; Greffe de Michel Fillion, 6 janv. 1675; Greffe de Paul Vachon, 14 juin 1716. AQ, NF, Registres de la Prévôté de Québec, 25 janv
GANNES DE FALAISE, MICHEL DE, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized 2 May 1702 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal
LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, MARIE-JEANNE-MADELEINE, dite de Sainte-Agathe, Ursuline nun; baptized 31 Jan
following 9 December Governor Buade de Frontenac appointed him notary of the seigneury
MAURÈS DE MALARTIC, ANNE-JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE DE, Comte de MALARTIC, officer in the
Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon delivered the famous sermon to which Governor Buade
RAIMBAULT DE PIEDMONT, JOSEPH-CHARLES (he often signed Raimbault junior or sometimes
ROY, MARGUERITE, dite de la Conception (incorrectly
Marquis de La Fayette, came to the United States at the time of the American revolution. We do not know, however, when the Suzor family settled in Canada. Louis-Timothée studied for three years at the
comrade, Pierre Roberol, dit Morin, rented the land of Pierre de La Garde at Batiscan for two years. Roberol withdrew in 1670, and on 14 Nov. 1673 Trotain bought the partly cleared
(superior general); b. 21 April 1678 at Batiscan, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Trottier and Geneviève de La Fond; d. 6 Oct. 1744 on the St Lawrence River, opposite Île
VOLANT DE RADISSON, ÉTIENNE, Montreal merchant and surveyor; baptized at Trois-Rivières, 29 Oct. 1664, son of Claude Volant de
SAINT-ÉTIENNE DE LA TOUR, CLAUDE DE (he often used the patronymic Turgis and sometimes the first name Nicolas
LA ROCQUE DE ROBERVAL, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE, lieutenant-general in Canada; b. c. 1500
, France, son of Gabriel Benoist and Françoise de Trevet; m. 11 Nov. 1743 in Montreal (Que.) Marie-Louise, daughter of Captain Jacques Le Ber de Senneville; d. 23 Jan. 1776
BONNÉCAMPS, JOSEPH-PIERRE DE, Jesuit; baptized 3 Sept. 1707 at Vannes (dept of Morbihan), France, son of Nicolas de
BOUCHER DE LA PERRIÈRE, RENÉ, officer in the colonial regular troops, seigneur; b. 18 June 1668 in Montreal, tenth child of
Sept. 1846 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-Sud, Lower Canada, son of Jean-Baptiste Bélanger, a farmer, and Marie-Théodora (Eléonore) Bernier; m. 29 Sept. 1874 Marie-Louise Catellier
CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, ALEXANDRE-RENÉ, lawyer, legislative councillor, and senator
his more important creations. He had some commissions from the sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame of Montreal, and in 1756 he undertook to prepare wainscoting for the Château de Ramezay in
DIZY (Disy) DE MONTPLAISIR, PIERRE, farmer, seigneurial judge, militia colonel, subdelegate of the intendant; b. c. 1675
DUGUA DE MONTS, PIERRE (also known as Du Gua and de Mons), explorer, trader, governor of Acadia, and
DÉAT, ANTOINE, Sulpician, parish priest of Notre-Dame de Montréal, vicar general; b. 16 April 1696 at Riom
FENOUILLET, ÉMILE DE (at birth named Hypolite-Joseph Mille), journalist and teacher; b. 9 March 1807 in
HEER, LOUIS-CHRÉTIEN DE, painter and gilder; b. 3 Nov. 1760 in Bouxwiller
LE VERRIER DE ROUSSON, FRANÇOIS, town major of Montreal, king’s lieutenant at Quebec, knight of the order of Saint-Louis; b. c
LEGARDEUR DE CROISILLE (Croizille) ET