Gastonguay*, who was backed by the Quebec Chamber of Commerce, the Université Laval in Quebec City established the École Centrale de Préparation et d’Arpentage in 1907. Fyen was the school’s director of
politician; b. 18 Sept. 1850 in Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada, son of Léon Lachapelle, a physician, and Rébecca Lanctôt; m. 29 July 1874 Elise Demers in the parish of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
MALEPART DE BEAUCOURT, FRANÇOIS (he generally signed F. Beaucourt and sometimes F
by François Charon* de La Barre, and that with five other schoolmasters he had come on the Chameau in 1719. His
engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors to the Indians, at the time when Bishop François de Laval* was leading an active campaign against
Legardeur de Repentigny; d. 1 Oct. 1730 at Montreal and was buried there the following day.
Jean-Baptiste d’Ailleboust initially chose a military
, Félix de Tassy, who was practising in France, and it was in this capacity that in September 1694 he denounced the surgeon René Gaschet* as
Claude-Sébastien de Villieu on behalf of his father-in-law, Michel
the mission of Father Louis Mercier to Sainte-Marie-de-Ganentaa, and the following year he took an active part in the secret flight of the French. He returned three times to the Iroquois country in 1666
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES (baptized René-Thomas, he added Verchères to his name
studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1814 to 1824, Carrier passed through the various stages leading to the priesthood. Ordained priest on 1 March 1828, he was immediately appointed
DENIS (Denys) DE SAINT-SIMON, ANTOINE-CHARLES, officer in the colonial regulars; b. 3 Nov. 1734 in Quebec, son of Charles
Gaultier* de Comporté’s death in 1687, Gobin acted as his children’s guardian, but this led to a lengthy legal dispute in which Gobin was accused of profiting at the expense of Comporté’s heirs and was
HERTEL DE LA FRESNIÈRE, JACQUES, soldier, interpreter, and settler, father of the famous François
LA CORNE, LOUIS (Jean-Louis, Pierre, Louis-Luc, Louis-François) DE, known as the Chevalier de La Corne
LA FOREST, MARC-ANTOINE DE, writer in the Marine, employed extraordinarily at Rochefort and Placentia (Plaisance), commissary at Port
LAGRENÉ, PIERRE DE, priest, Jesuit, missionary, superior of the Jesuit residence in
; d. there 7 Feb. 1920.
Charles Langelier went to school in the village where he was born, and then attended the Séminaire de Saint
LE PICARD DU MESNIL DE NORREY, JACQUES (Dumesnil-Pâté; he signed as “dumesnj de noré” and “dumesnj noré
.
Peter N. Moogk
AJQ, Registres d’état civil de Notre-Dame de Québec, 1680
trade. In 1743 or 1744 Lemoine Despins went into partnership with Jean-Baptiste-Grégoire Martel de Saint-Antoine, who had just been appointed king’s storekeeper in Montreal. This partnership brought him
LEMOINE, MARIE-LOUISE-THÉRÈSE, named Marie-Joseph de Jésus, founder and abbess of the first monastery of Poor Clares
MERIEL, HENRI-ANTOINE (Meriel de Meulan), priest, Sulpician, director and confessor of the pupils of the sisters of the Congrégation de
de Rompré’s company, but lost no time in replacing the musket by the pen. By 1687, equipped with a portable writing-desk, he was travelling through the countryside on both banks of the St Lawrence
PERRIN, ANTOINE, royal court officer; son of Jacques Perrin, notary and tabellion of the parish of Saint-Pierre de
PLANTAVIT DE LAPAUSE DE MARGON, JEAN-GUILLAUME, army officer and author; b. 14 Aug. 1721
YOU DE LA DÉCOUVERTE, PIERRE (Hiou, Hyou; he signed himself de Ladescouverte), officer, adjutant
-de-Léon, Brittany. He first studied at the Collège in Vervins and then at Laon. Thanks to the protection of Laon’s bishop, Mgr Duglas, he was able to complete his studies in Paris, with a bursary from
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PIERRE-IGNACE, jp, seigneur, politician, and militia officer; b. 14 Aug
M. Thubières* de Queylus sent him, along with Dollier de Casson, to spend the winter
BAUGY, LOUIS-HENRI DE, known as Chevalier de Baugy, military officer; b. 29 Sept. 1657 in Villecien
, parish priest of Saint-Timothée de Beauharnois, Saint-Polycarpe, and Sainte-Elizabeth de Joliette, he returned to the seminary of Nicolet as bursar for the period 1836 to 1840. In particular he sought to
-Arthur Cassegrain was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, where he “distinguished himself by his good conduct, studiousness, and love of letters.” He then enrolled in the faculty of law
CHARLY SAINT-ANGE, MARIE-CATHERINE, dite du Saint-Sacrement, known in religion, in the Congrégation de Notre
CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, CHARLES-ÉTIENNE, office holder, jp
recruited by Charles-Joseph Amiot de Vincelotte to go to Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.) and
* de Francheville was beginning to work.
In 1734 Corbin returned to Trois-Rivières, where he had a house built of squared timbers (pièces sur
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY (Lépinay, L’Épine, L’Espinay), JEAN-BAPTISTE, ensign, captain of the guards of
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, LOUIS, coseigneur of Rivière-du-Sud; baptized 29 Nov. 1658 at Quebec, son of Louis
CÔME DE MANTES, priest, Capuchin, superior of the mission at Pentagouet in Acadia, guardian of convents in France; b. at Mantes
Coulon* de Villiers Sr. Three years later he was in a confrontation with the Sauks and Foxes near Baie-des-Puants and witnessed the death of his father-in-law and other relatives [see
DAMOURS (d’Amours) DE CHAUFFOURS, MATHIEU, town-major of Quebec, ship-owner, member of the Conseil Souverain, Seigneur de Matane; b
1862 Dorion had published at Quebec a pamphlet entitled Historique des fonds de retraite en Europe et en Canada, in which he asked that a pension fund be set up for civil servants. After
. there 13 March 1939.
Born into modest circumstances, François-Xavier-Jules Dorion pursued his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec
Jardin de Hollande, reached Plaisance with fresh supplies in 1663, he learned this news and managed to capture 15 of the criminals, whom he brought back to Quebec and handed over to Gargot. The trial
FAUCHER DE SAINT-MAURICE, NARCISSE-HENRI-ÉDOUARD, author, army
FLEURY DE LA GORGENDIÈRE, JOSEPH DE, merchant, seigneur, agent-general in Canada for the Compagnie des Indes; b. 28 March
GODEFROY DE SAINT-PAUL, JEAN-AMADOR, esquire, interpreter, captain of the Trois-Rivières militia, fur-trader, seigneur; baptized at
pilot of the Casa de la Contratación in Seville (10 Feb. 1518). He sailed with Magellan in August 1519 but deserted later and brought his ship back to Spain in May 1521