censer to the parish of Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie, and the following year he signed a contract to teach the silversmith’s craft to Jean-Baptiste Serré. This contract was annulled after a few weeks, but in

DENYS DE VITRÉ, CHARLES, landowner, fisherman, member of the Conseil Souverain; b. 8 March 1645 at Tours, son of Simon

DESDEVENS DE GLANDONS, MAURICE, surveyor; b. 1742 in France, son of Joseph

noviciate house, made a trip to Italy, and from 1609 was in Paris, living in the professed house. Around November 1611 Antoinette de Pons, Marquise de

prestigious, if not more profitable. On 8 Nov. 1704 he was appointed by Intendant François de Beauharnois* court

land at Périers, a few leagues from Coutances. Moreover, it was in Normandy that he made his first appearance in history, at the hermitage in Caen directed by Jean de Bernières de Louvigny. He quite

Claude Greysolon de La Tourette (fl. 1683–1716) made his fortune in the fur trade. He came to New France with his brother Daniel

JOLLIET DE MINGAN, JEAN-BAPTISTE, merchant and trader, involved in fisheries; baptized 11 May 1683, son of Louis

 Aug. 1689 in Montreal, son of Louis Le Conte* Dupré, a merchant, and Marie-Catherine de Saint-Georges; d. 24 May

LE VERRIER DE ROUSSON, LOUIS, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. 11 April 1705 in Montreal, son of François

Buade* de Frontenac and of Intendant de Meulles, lieutenant general of Trois-Rivières, seigneur of Rivière

in Rue Buade at Quebec, and bounded at the back “by the Place d’Armes of the Château Saint-Louis.” Louis Rouer* de Villeray acted in

PIOT DE LANGLOISERIE (L’Angloiserie), MARIE-MARGUERITE, dite

RAGEOT DE SAINT-LUC, CHARLES, clerk of the provost court of Quebec and royal notary; baptized 12 Aug. 1674 at Quebec, eldest

BOUCHER DE NIVERVILLE, LOUIS-CHARLES, lawyer, politician, and sheriff; b. 12 Aug. 1825 at

BOULLONGNE (Boulogne, Boulonge, Boullogne, Boulongue), MARIE-BARBE DE, (Ailleboust de Coulonge et d’Argentenay), wife of Governor

CHAREST, ZÉPHIRIN, parish priest; b. 21 Feb. 1813 at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, L.C., son of Antoine Charest

. 14 Oct. 1838 in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, Lower Canada, son of François Foucher, a merchant, and Sara Dugas; m. there 26 Nov. 1860 Exerine Lesage, sister of Siméon

GROSTON (Grotton) DE SAINT-ANGE ET DE BELLERIVE, LOUIS, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized c. 1700 at Montreal

Febvre de La Barre. Until his departure from New France in 1688, he participated in campaigns against the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee). In 1685 Governor Brisay de Denonville appointed him commandant of Fort

L’Avenir, the official organ of the Rouges, mentions his name in its list of representatives for this region. On 24 Feb. 1853, Guitté and A. de Grandpré founded Le Courrier de Saint

HAMELIN DE BOURGCHEMIN ET DE L’HERMITIÈRE, JACQUES-FRANÇOIS, ensign, then

HILLAIRE (Hilaire) DE LA ROCHETTE, ALEXANDRE-ROBERT (D’), écuyer and agent in

JUCHEREAU DE LA FERTÉ, DENIS-JOSEPH, half-pay lieutenant; baptized 20 June 1661 at Quebec, son of Jean

LAPORTE DE LALANNE, JEAN DE (sometimes referred to as

LE MOYNE DE SAINTE-MARIE, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Esprit, sister of the Congregation of Notre-Dame

during the difficult journey, which was done on foot; John was kept a prisoner in the Abenaki village of Saint-François-de-Sales (Odanak), on the Rivière Saint-François. Lydia was taken to Ville-Marie

under Captain Charles-Henri d’Aloigny* de La Groye. About 19 when he married, he may have been one of those undersized or

Louyse de Bienville (she also used the pseudonym Domino Noir), author and lecturer; b. 29 March 1870 at Quebec, daughter of Joseph-Étienne-Eugène Marmette and Marie

* de Magos, and Marie-Anne Robinau; m. 1751 Marie-Agathe Baudoin; d. 29 Sept. 1789 in Tours, France. The Martel family seems to have

from 1887 to 1923. Along with his musical activities, he attended the Petit Séminaire de Montréal from 1854 to 1859, and then studied at the Collège Sainte-Marie to become a notary. He obtained his

de la Colonie; b. c. 1665 in the parish of Saint-Michel, Carcassonne, son of Jean Pinaud and “honorable femme” Françoise Daret (Dazé); d. in August 1722

 July 1781 at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption (Windsor, Ont.). From 1721 to 1727 Pierre-Philippe Potier attended the Jesuit college in Tournai (Belgium

, Abbé Jean Raimbault, to send him in 1830 to assist Abbé Charles-François Painchaud*, the founder of the college of Sainte-Anne-de-la

PÉCAUDY DE CONTRECŒUR, FRANÇOIS-ANTOINE, commandant, seigneur; b. c. 1676, son of Antoine

ROBINAU DE PORTNEUF, PIERRE, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. 9 Aug. 1708 in Montreal, second son of René Robinau

SALLABERRY (Salaberry), MICHEL DE, naval officer, shipowner; b. 4 July 1704 in the parish of Saint-Vincent, Ciboure

, Sattin, who was then a subdeacon, signed a public protest against an address that was published in Le Courrier de Lyon of 23 July 1790 and was believed to have been written by seminarists

1750 the minister, Rouillé, had refused him permission to operate the concession of the Île de la Madeleine for hunting walrus, but in 1756 he obtained the post of Saint-Modet on the Labrador coast and

(Julienne), named Marie de Saint

intendant, controller of the Compagnie des Indes in New France, director of the Domaine du Roi; baptized 10 June 1695 in the parish of Saint-Rémi de Charlesville (Charleville-Mézières), France, son

DE SMET, PIERRE-JEAN, priest, Jesuit, missionary; b. 30 Jan. 1801 at Dendermonde, diocese of Ghent, Belgium, fifth child and

HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, ensign, lieutenant, captain on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), commandant of Port-Dauphin

LA ROCHE DE MESGOUEZ, TROILUS DE, Marquis de La Roche-Mesgouez, in Brittany, viceroy of New

TARIEU DE LANAUDIÈRE, CHARLES-LOUIS, army and militia officer, seigneur, office holder, politician, and author; b. 14 Oct

ALBERNI, PEDRO DE, army officer; b. 1747 in Tortosa, Spain; d. 11 March 1802 in Monterey (Calif

Jésus near Montreal, Saint-Michel, near Quebec, and Notre-Dame-de-Liesse at Rivière-Ouelle, although the agreement in the latter case may have been with Charron himself rather than with Quévillon

resumed his studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, which had been closed since the city had come under siege in 1759. Subsequently he chose the priesthood, pursuing his theological education at the Grand

DE SÈVE

. After pursuing classical studies at the Collège Masson in Terrebonne and the Philosophy program at the Séminaire de Nicolet in 1854–55, Louis-Édouard Desjardins took the first steps leading to the