PERROT DE RIZY (d’Erizy, Derezy, Drisy), PIERRE, merchant, major of the Quebec militia. b. 1672 at Sainte-Famille (Île

north shore of the government of Quebec, between the outskirts of the town of Quebec and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. The investigation into his character took place on 7 Jan. 1736. On 10

, seigneur of the fief of Saint-Maurice, and Marie Jutra; m. on 19 Nov. 1717 Madeleine-Louise Le Boulanger at Cap-de-la-Madeleine; d. sometime after 1744

and baptized 10 July 1656, eldest son of Pierre Pélerin, Sieur de Saint-Amant, a soldier in the garrison of Trois-Rivières, and of Louise de Mousseaux; d. 12 Dec. 1708 in

RAGEOT DE SAINT-LUC, NICOLAS, clerk of the provost court of Quebec and royal notary; baptized 20 Aug. 1676 at Quebec, son of

. Joseph-Sabin Raymond studied at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe from 1817 to 1826; his teachers, who had been recruited by the founder, Antoine

TAONDECHOREN, baptized Louis, Huron chieftain, dogique of the mission at Notre-Dame-de-Foy; b. c

VARIN DE LA MARRE, JEAN-VICTOR, commissary and controller of the Marine, subdelegate of the intendant, and councillor of the Conseil

Provinciales; b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (La Pocatière), Que., daughter of Barthelemi Anctil, a farmer, and Zélie Pelletier; d. unmarried 4 Dec. 1926 in Montreal

Huard attended the Petit Séminaire de Québec as a day student from 1863 to 1872, completing his classical studies with high standing. He began taking a particular interest in the natural sciences as a

LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL, CHARLES, Baron de LONGUEUIL, the only native Canadian made a baron in New France, officer, governor of Trois

LE MOYNE DE MARICOURT, PAUL, officer, interpreter, negotiator with the Indians; b. at Montreal, 15 Dec. 1663; d. at Montreal

Bourgen-Bresse, François Picquet then entered the Séminaire de Lyon in 1728. He took further training at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where he was ordained priest on 10 April 1734

Pierre Allain, a carpenter, and Jeanne De Lille; d. 19 June 1812 at Quebec, Lower Canada. After studying with the Spiritans, Jean-Baptiste

his classical and theological studies in France at the Séminaire de Montbrison, near Lyon. He was ordained priest on 14 June 1812 and immediately began teaching philosophy, theology, and

 April 1758 at Quebec, son of Pierre Duval and Élisabeth Panneton; d. 6 Feb. 1845 in the parish of Purification-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie at Repentigny, Lower Canada

Petit Séminaire de Québec on 22 Jan. 1864 but transferred at the end of September 1866 to the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse. Fascinated from early childhood by physics and mechanics

GOUTIN (Degoutin, Desgoutins; he signed de Goutin), FRANÇOIS-MARIE DE, officer in

LA CHASSE, PIERRE DE, priest, Jesuit, missionary, superior of the Jesuit missions in New France; baptized 7 May 1670 in the

LA PORTE DE LOUVIGNY, LOUIS DE, lieutenant in France and in Canada, captain in the colonial regular troops, commander of western posts

. Charles-Irénée Lagorce was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. He was ordained priest on 30 July 1837 and appointed to the parochial ministry, serving as curate at Saint-Denis on the

 May 1859 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France, son of Jean-Prosper Lassalle, a collector of indirect taxes, and Mélanie Barthèlémy; m. first Onésime Fouré (d. in France); m. secondly 16

Heriot*. He refused, however, to go to Varennes on 20 June to justify his behaviour towards Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Le Moyne de Martigny, who had been expelled from a meeting held at

MICHEL DE VILLEBOIS DE LA ROUVILLIÈRE, HONORÉ, king’s councillor, commissary of the Marine and subdelegate of the intendant, general

MONTGENET (Mongenet, Montgenêt), THÉRÈSE-BERNARDINE, Comtesse de MONTGENET, known

MONTIGNY, FRANÇOIS DE (sometimes called François Jolliet de

-Baptiste Proulx’s early life. He entered the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe in 1825, attended the Petit Séminaire de Montréal in 1829–30, and began his theological studies in 1831. Ordained priest on 26

ROUSSEAU DE VILLEJOUIN (Villejoin, Villejoint), GABRIEL, officer in the colonial regular troops; b

TRÉMAUDAN, AUGUSTE-HENRI DE, teacher, lawyer, journalist, and man of letters; b. 14 July 1874 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome (Saint

Fuller*]. In 1867, with the constitutional changes that gave provincial status to Quebec, he was awarded the contract to manufacture most of the furniture for the legislative building on Rue de la

 1670, along with Intendant Talon, Fathers Gabriel de

ATECOUANDO (Jérôme), chief and orator of the Abenaki tribe of Saint-François-de-Sales (Odanak, Que.); fl. 1749–57. There is no

further, and Berger seems to have profited from a fortunate combination of circumstances. On 17 April 1706 he married in the church of Notre-Dame de

. 1 Jan. 1890 at Lévis, Que. Joseph-Godric Blanchet received his secondary education at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1840 to 1844 and at

BOUCHER DE LA BRUÈRE, PIERRE-CLAUDE, doctor and public servant; baptized 28

, son of Louis Chambalon, a carpenter, and Marie Prieur; d. 14 June 1716 and was buried the following day in the Notre-Dame de Québec church

CHARTIER DE LOTBINIÈRE, RENÉ-LOUIS, esquire, seigneur, deputy attorney general

COULON DE VILLIERS DE JUMONVILLE, JOSEPH, ensign in the colonial regular troops; b. 8 Sept. 1718 on the seigneury of

CRESPIEUL, FRANÇOIS DE, priest, Jesuit, missionary to the Montagnais Indians; b. 16 March 1639 at Arras, son of Jean de

other sources indicate that she was 14 years old in 1634, 38 in 1659, 46 in 1666, and 48 in 1667. Anne Hébert, according to Samuel de

DOUGLAS, FRANÇOIS-PROSPER, Chevalier de DOUGLAS, officer in the French regular troops; b. 21 Feb. 1725 at Montréal, in Bugey

DRUILLON DE MACÉ, PIERRE-JACQUES, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized 9 Sept

-Bertrand served, like his father, as an expert for the court at Montreal, the authors of Notes pour l’histoire de la médecine exaggerate in saying that “he was the foremost surgeon in Montreal in

Cotté*, challenged the women of Montreal in December 1827 to seek means of easing the suffering of the poor. Members of the Association des Dames de la Charité, founded as a result of Mme

. Little is known about the childhood of Louis-Élie Geoffrion. He studied at the Collège Industriel de Varennes, and later may have attended a high school in New Haven, Conn. He is thought to have gone to

GOHIN, PIERRE-ANDRÉ, Comte de MONTREUIL, officer in the French regular troops; b

 Lawrence, and on 10 June, at a point southeast of Newfoundland, he captured two vessels, the Alcide and the Lys. The latter had on board 330 soldiers of the Régiment de Guyenne and the

), Acadian heroine, wife of Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour; baptized 18

Boucault* de Godefus, indicates that he was living in the house of the widow Fornel [Marie-Anne Barbel] “in

JOHNSTONE, JAMES, known as the Chevalier de Johnstone (he occasionally signed Johnstone de Moffatt