Cavelier* de La Salle; m. 7 Jan. 1658 Jeanne Le Moyne in Montreal; d. there 25 Nov. 1706

LE BORGNE, EMMANUEL, merchant, backer of and claimant to the estate of Charles de

LE GALLO, MARIE, named Marie de Sainte-Élisabeth, founder and provincial superior of the Daughters of Jesus in Canada

LEGARDEUR DE SAINT-PIERRE, JEAN-PAUL, officer, fur-trader, interpreter, seigneur, son of

Isaac Désaulniers), priest, professor, and superior of the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe; b. 27 Nov. 1811 at Sainte-Anne-d’Yamachiche, Lower Canada, son of François Lesieur

LORIMIER, CHARLES-CHAMILLY DE, lawyer, professor, judge, and editor; b. 13

was settled in Quebec, and in the autumn of that year he sailed for France. On 2 April 1658 François de Barnoin, chief barber to the king, conferred upon him the master’s status and authorized

life in L’Assomption, where he earned his living as a carpenter. Although he did not know how to write, he was extremely gifted musically and taught violin at the Collège de L’Assomption from 1837 to

that had not been completed at the time of Massicotte’s death, were added to them. The title of any one of them suffices to evoke a familiar picture, for example La bénédiction du jour de l’An

Pastour* de Costebelle, but the governor had to be satisfied with patching up the fort at his own expense. He lived on good terms with the English

suffered the reverses of fortune that were to lead him into bankruptcy in May 1753, Antoine and his brother Jean went to Canada where Jean married Élisabeth de Cournoyer of Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape

PINGUET DE VAUCOUR, JACQUES-NICOLAS, royal notary and seigneurial judge; b. 10 Aug. 1692 in Quebec, son of Jacques Pinguet de

ANQ, Greffe de François Genaple de Bellefonds, 8 févr. 1707; NF, Documents de la juridiction de Montréal, VI, 193–95; XI, 67–68; XII, 40–43; NF, Ord. int., IV, 27–28. ANQ-M, Greffe de Jacques

became a student at the Collège de L’Assomption. After finishing his classical studies, he enrolled in the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery in 1849. He was admitted to the College of Physicians and

. 1796 at Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, L.C., the second of 17 children of Hélier Quertier, a sacristan, and Marie-Anne Ariail; d. 17 July 1872 at Saint-Denis-de-Kamouraska, Que

. 1745 at Boucherville to Françoise Boucher de Niverville; buried 25 Feb. 1764 at Boucherville. Spagniolini’s life before his first marriage is as

THURY, LOUIS-PIERRE, priest, missionary in Acadia; b. c. 1644 at Notre-Dame-de-Breuil in Normandy; d. 3

acting governor, to the Beaupré shore, Vignal accompanied him and, on 13 March 1658, blessed “the site of the church of the Petit Cap” (the future church of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré), the governor

Aubert* de Gaspé, author of Les anciens Canadiens, and they had eight children. By the end of October 1849 Alleyn had joined the

have had only one sister, Marie, who married Philippe Gaultier de Comporté. On 11 Jan. 1666

Jean Juchereau de La Ferté], Gaspard Gouault, Florent Bonnemere, Jean Vitry, Jean Boussat, Jean-François Parisel, Charles and Jean-Jard

Borneuf, a merchant, and Marie-Madeleine Degrès; d. 15 Nov. 1819 at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Montreal, Lower Canada. After

-Françoise Huppé, dit Lagroix; d. 27 Dec. 1800 in Nicolet (Que.). Louis-Marie Brassard was enrolled in the Séminaire de Québec on 4

. Alexandre-Auguste Brunet attended the College de Saint-Marcellin and the Petit Séminaire de Côte-Saint-André in Isère. In 1837 he joined the army but left it the following year and completed his studies at

CAZES, CHARLES DE, politician; b. in 1808 in Brittany; d. 4 Oct. 1867 at Montreal

CORON, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS, organist (?), tailor, royal notary; b. 21 Dec. 1704 at Saint-François-de-Sales (Laval, Que

of the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice, and the nuns of the Congregation of Notre-Dame and the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1795 Mother Coutlée asked Bishop Jean-François

CUROT (Curaux), MARIE-LOUISE, dite de Saint-Martin, hospital nun of the

DERRÉ DE GAND, FRANÇOIS (also called de Ré and Sieur Gand or

Canada. The Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France granted him, 19 Jan. 1663, the Îles de la Madeleine, de Saint-Jean (today Prince Edward Island), des Oiseaux, and de Brion, so that he could develop

of Montreal from 1818 to 1820, Flavien Durocher taught there until 1823; on 20 September of that year he was ordained priest. He was appointed assistant priest at Notre-Dame de Montréal, then at

presentation in the house of the Ninety-Two Resolutions, La Gazette de Québec published a short play entitled “La première comédie du Statu Quo,” written by Louis-David

Baveux, to enter the noviciate of the Oblates at Notre-Dame de l’Osier (dept of Isère). He made his profession on 15 Oct. 1848. After completing his studies at Marseilles, he was ordained

HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-MELCHIOR, army and militia officer, office holder

JACAU (Jacault, Jacob) DE FIEDMONT, LOUIS-THOMAS, artillery officer; b. c. 1723, probably on Île

merchant, and Élisabeth de Chavigny; d. probably in 1760. Nothing is known of Jean-François Landron’s childhood and education. On 10 Nov

-François to learn the Abenaki language there under Joseph Aubery. After a stay in the missions at Sault-Saint-Louis (Caughnawaga) and Bécancour, he went to replace Pierre de

Patriote party, large public gatherings, and the Fils de la Liberté. In 1838, with the authority of a justice of the peace and of a commissioner of small causes, he supported the Special Council that

MAUGUE-GARREAU, MARIE-JOSÈPHE, dite de l’Assomption, sister of the

listed the duties of a farmer’s wife: working in the garden, beautifying the farm, and cultivating flowers and small fruit. That year he published at Montreal a book entitled Nouveau système de

POURROY DE LAUBERIVIÈRE, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS DE, priest, doctor of theology of the Sorbonne, fifth bishop of Quebec; b. 16 June

Wilkie* and then at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1833 to 1837. After articling, he was called to the bar on 8 Jan. 1848 and practised at Quebec. He was in partnership with Andrew

ROYBON D’ALLONNE, MADELEINE DE, seigneuress; b. c. 1646 at Montargis (department of Loiret), daughter of

SAILLANT (Saillant de Collégien), JEAN-ANTOINE (Antoine-Jean), royal notary

SALABERRY (Irumberry de Salaberry), MELCHIOR-ALPHONSE DE, soldier, lawyer, and

TANTOUIN (Pitantouin or Tantoin) DE LA TOUCHE, LOUIS, commissary of the Marine in Canada; b. c

ARSAC DE TERNAY, CHARLES-HENRI-LOUIS D’, naval officer; b. 27 Jan. 1723

Carleton before moving to Restigouche. Georges-Isidore Barthe entered the Séminaire de Nicolet in 1847. He left, however, before completing his classical

Canada, son of Jean-Louis Beaubien, a farmer, and Marie-Jeanne Manseau; d. 9 Jan. 1881 at Outremont, Que. After studying at the Séminaire de

BERGERON, Élisabeth (baptized Elizabeth), named Saint-Joseph, founder of the Sœurs de Saint-Joseph