Heath followed his profession successively at Saint-Charles, county of Saint-Hyacinthe, from 1834 to 1836, at Quebec from 1838 to 1842, at Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski from 1842 to 1849, then at L’Isle-Verte

HERTEL DE LA FRESNIÈRE, ZACHARIE-FRANÇOIS, seigneur, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. c. 1665, probably

Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Canada East, son of Elzéar-Henri Juchereau* Duchesnay, a lawyer and

LA FRENAYE, FRANÇOIS DE (baptized Pierre-Antoine), deacon, Recollet; b. 8 Oct. 1677 at Montreal, eldest son

LA PLACE, LOUIS-HYACINTHE DE, baptized Jean-Claude, priest, Recollet, missionary, lecturer in theology, provincial

LA PLACE, SIMON-GÉRARD DE (baptized Jean, sometimes referred to

. Edmond Langevin came from a lower middle class family prominent in Quebec. After receiving a classical education from 1833 to 1842 at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where he was a “distinguished and model

LE MARCHAND DE LIGNERY, FRANÇOIS-MARIE, officer in the colonial regular troops; b

LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, PIERRE, lieutenant to Governor

to marry the Trois-Rivières pioneer, Jean Godefroy de Lintot); his brother

LORIMIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, CLAUDE-NICOLAS DE, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized 22

Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Quebec City) and they had 11 children, six of whom survived him; m. secondly 24 Aug. 1915 Alice Pâquet in the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec; d. 10 July 1935

MARGANE DE LAVALTRIE, PIERRE-PAUL, army and militia officer, seigneur, office holder, and politician; b. 13 Aug. 1743 in

; d. 19 Dec. 1904 in Saint-Célestin, Que. After completing his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec (1831–39) and his

MEMBRÉ, ZÉNOBE, Recollet, missionary in New France and companion of Robert Cavelier de La Salle on his expeditions in Louisiana; b

Chartier de Lotbinière the king promoted Joseph-Étienne councillor on 1 June 1750. On 27 September of the same year, the day his father died, he took his place as director of the

POULIN DE FRANCHEVILLE, FRANÇOIS (he always signed, with the exception of his marriage contract, Francheville

PÉCAUDY DE CONTRECŒUR, CLAUDE-PIERRE, officer in the colonial regular troops, seigneur, and member of the Legislative Council; b

received is not known; we do know his brother Joseph attended the Séminaire de Québec, the only one of his family to do so. When Simon married Thérèse Réaume in Montreal on 15 Jan. 1759, he called

. 18 May 1888 at Matapédia, Que. James Smith’s life, about which few details are known, was quite eventful. After studying at the Collège de

d’Estienne* Du Bourgué de Clérin; d. 12 Feb. 1776 in Montreal. André Souste had been a workman and a maker of silk and woollen

to the missions in the Mississippi country, but no attention was paid to this. Then the ill-health of M. de

, office holder, and author; b. 5 Nov. 1882 in the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec, son of Arthur Vallée*, a physician, and Honorine

BONNEAU, ROSE-DE-LIMA, Sister of Charity at the Hôpital Général of Montreal and director of charitable works; b. 14 Dec

CRISAFY, ANTOINE DE, Marquis de CRISAFY, officer in the colonial regular troops, governor of Trois-Rivières, knight of the order of

GADBOIS, ALBINE, dite Marie de Bonsecours, Sister of Providence of Montreal, foundress and directress of the

HERTEL DE SAINT-FRANÇOIS, JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE (called the Chevalier

PARENT, MARIE-GENEVIÈVE, named de Saint-François d’Assise

Léocadie Tremblay; d. 14 Sept. 1915 in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse), Que., and was buried three days later in the crypt of the cathedral of Saint-Jacques in Montreal

TESTARD DE MONTIGNY, JACQUES, officer in the colonial regular troops in Canada, famous for his campaigns in Newfoundland, son of Jacques

curiosity thanks to the teachers in his home town on the Îles de la Madeleine. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was of Acadian origin, he learned the trade of deep-sea fishing. In November

Ville-Marie garrison, acting governor of Montreal; b. c. 1618 at Saint-Denis de Mogues, in the Ardennes, son of Jean Closse and Cécile Delafosse; m. Élisabeth Moyen in 1657; killed

 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

LE FEBVRE DE LA BARRE, JOSEPH-ANTOINE, governor-general of New France (1682–85), counsellor in the

Séminaire de Québec in 1836 and began his theology in the autumn of that year. Contrary to common custom, he does not appear to have had a parish ministry during his three years of theological training. He

civil de la province de Québec annoté . . . , in three volumes, was brought out at Montreal. An updated edition, completed by him before his death, would appear in 1924, after which the publishers

growing number of members, the bishop had authorized the removal of the congregation’s main centre to the vicinity of the Séminaire de Nicolet. The “Gregorians” finally reconciled themselves to the change

businessman Barthélemy Joliette*. The Collège de Joliette claimed to be breaking new ground in education through a five-year study programme

DE BONNE, PIERRE-AMABLE, militia officer, lawyer, seigneur

GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin), Ursuline nun

LENEUF DE LA VALLIÈRE DE BEAUBASSIN, MICHEL (the elder), captain, commandant and governor of Acadia, major, seigneur of Beaubassin

. Joseph-Xavier Perrault did his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1845 to 1854. He went on to do specialized work in agronomy at the University of Durham and then at the Royal

SIMARD, FRANÇOISE, named Marie du Bon Conseil, founder and superior general of the Sœurs de Notre-Dame du Bon

TARIEU DE LA NAUDIÈRE, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS (also called Charles-François-Xavier), officer in the colonial regular troops

. 1924 and was buried 8 October in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery at Sainte-Foy, Que. Joseph Vézina was given some music lessons by his father

PICOTÉ DE BELESTRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE, officer in the colonial regular troops, member of the

Pourroy de Lauberivière, stricken with typhus contracted while tending the typhus cases on the Rubis during an Atlantic crossing. Bishop Lauberivière’s death brought the wrath of

BOUCHER DE NIVERVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, officer in the colonial regular troops

de La Salle’s service in 1675 and served him loyally until his death. He was even one of La Salle’s trusted associates. He was with La Salle during the latter’s stay at Fort Cataracoui

BOUTET DE SAINT-MARTIN, MARTIN (referred to, indiscriminately, as Boutet and Saint-Martin), first lay-teacher at Quebec, fosterer of