HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, RENÉ-OVIDE, lieutenant general for civil and criminal affairs

assigned to the Iroquois missions that were being reopened after Prouville* de Tracy and

region in the late 19th century. Luc Desilets began his classical studies at the Séminaire de Nicolet on 17 Sept. 1845; having decided to become a

de Montréal (1819–21) and the Séminaire de Nicolet (1821–27), Joseph-David Déziel taught at the latter (1827–30). He continued theological studies and on 5 Sept. 1830 was ordained priest by Bishop

LORIMIER, CHEVALIER DE (baptized François-Marie-Thomas, he later received the

, would note in 1932 that Charles Huot was said to have demonstrated talent for drawing very early on, copying landscapes from a book his father had given him. Charles entered the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de

sent to the Petit Séminaire de Québec. A professor reported in 1791 that he was “very deserving of praise, gifted with a penetrating mind,” zealous, and diligent. In 1794 he was prefect of the

himself enrolled in a commercial course at the Collège de Lévis in the fall of 1872, but he transferred to classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec the next year. After entering the Grand

ALLARD (Alard, Dalard) DE SAINTE-MARIE, PHILIPPE-JOSEPH D’, officer in the colonial regular troops; b. between 1704 and 1708 at

(Neuville), Lower Canada, son of François Angers (Anger), a farmer, and Marie-Desanges Larue; m. 4 April 1842 Louise-Adèle Taschereau (d. August 1849) at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte

Séminaire de Montréal from 1827 till 1833 he went into medicine. He took his training with Dr William Robinson of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval), and then with Dr Charles

of François-Xavier Bruneau, a dealer in pelts, and Thérèse Leblanc; d. unmarried 4 March 1851 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Lower Canada

CALLIÈRE, LOUIS-HECTOR DE (usually spelled Callières but he signed without the “s”), chevalier, captain in

revolution. An orphan in 1744, at 15 years of age, Jean-Baptiste made two trips to Guinea. Probably educated at the Collège de l’Oratoire, he was tonsured on 19 Dec. 1750 at the Grand Séminaire des

DECOIGNE (De Couagne, Couagne, Coigne, Du Coigne), PIERRE-THÉOPHILE, notary and Patriote; b. 13 March 1808 in Saint-Philippe

DENYS DE BONNAVENTURE (Bonaventure), CLAUDE-ÉLISABETH (he signed both Denys de Bonnaventure and Denis de Bonnaventure

Régiment de Béarn – came to Canada during the Seven Years’ War. They settled in Montreal, where they had at least five children. Charles probably went to the primary school run by the Séminaire de Saint

. After studying at the Séminaire de Québec between 1825 and 1835 Pierre Gauvreau learned carpentry and masonry on building sites and in the workshop. In this activity he was carrying on family tradition

Chauvin de Tonnetuit, which explains the fact that Troilus de La Roche de Mesgouez

tinsmith, and Marie Bedouin; d. 24 March 1840 in Leeds, Lower Canada. André-Rémi Hamel did his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de

, drove him from his house, and forced him into hiding for several months. Louis-Édouard studied in Montreal and at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He then

 Aug. 1860 in Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-de-L’Islet (L’Islet), Lower Canada, eldest son of Napoléon Lavoie, a physician, and Marie-Aurélie-Joséphine Casgrain; m. 17 Aug. 1880 Elmire Morin (d

road commissioner in the District of Montreal to act in the region for the chief road commissioner of the province, François-Marie Picoté de Belestre, who treated his office as a sinecure

LE MOYNE DE MARTIGNY ET DE LA TRINITÉ, JEAN-BAPTISTE, military officer, seigneur, commander at Fort Bourbon; baptized 2 April

LOM D’ARCE DE LAHONTAN, LOUIS-ARMAND DE, Baron de LAHONTAN, esquire (he sometimes signed himself Darce, but more

MARIN DE LA MALGUE (La Marque), PAUL, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized 19

, but he always signed Louis Quévillon), woodworker, wood-carver, and contractor; b. 14 Oct. 1749 at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval, Que.), fourth of the eight children of Jean-Baptiste

ROCBERT DE LA MORANDIÈRE, MARIE-ÉLISABETH (Marie-Isabelle) (Bégon de La Cour) (usually called Élisabeth), letter

SAINT-OURS, CHARLES DE (baptized Roch-Louis), militia and army officer, seigneur

 Jan. 1902. Eusèbe Senécal studied with the Brothers of the Christian Schools and, in 1848–49, at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He

-Adélaïde Jourdain; d. there 9 Oct. 1894. Little is known about Adolphe Tourangeau’s youth. After studying at the Petit Séminaire de

DE COSMOS, AMOR (named at birth William Alexander Smith), businessman

In 1608 Samuel de Champlain (d. 1635) founded the city of Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in America. A renowned

his initiative that the aged Cardinal Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, took up, in association with the Duc de Joyeuse, admiral of France, a project for exploring and trading along the coast south and west

nevertheless bear fruit. In the province of Quebec, the Eudists found teaching positions in the seminaries of Chicoutimi and Rimouski and at the Collège de Valleyfield. They were also given responsibility for

. A well-to-do farmer, his father had done his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and there had become friends with George-Étienne

DE BLAQUIÈRE, PETER BOYLE, militia officer, politician, office holder, and university official; b. 26 April 1783 in Dublin

HERTEL DE LA FRESNIÈRE, JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS, officer, interpreter, commandant, seigneur; baptized 3 July 1642 at Trois-Rivières, son

. Thomas-Jean-Jacques Loranger, the eldest of 13 children, received a classical education at the Séminaire de Nicolet where he was a brilliant student. In 1842 he became a law student in the office of

the parish of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (at Berthierville), son of Charles Nau, a farmer, and Louise Pagé; d. in or after 1843. The Naus

, where his father was a notary. Nothing is known of the formative period of his life other than that in 1820 he studied for a year at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Contemporaries attributed his superior

dictionnaire des mots créés en Canada.” In 1812 he brought out Relation de la mort de Louis XVI, roi de France by Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, which subsequently appeared in an English version

ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN, BERNARD-ANSELME D’, Baron de SAINT-CASTIN, French officer, commander in Acadia; b. 1689 at Pentagouet

“naval captain” (“capitaine de marine”) which seems like an exaggeration; in his Histoire he introduced him as the chief of navigation (“conducteur ès navigations”), entrusted with the command of

destroyed by a fire, in which Benoit also lost “several works in progress,” he was not demoralized: a month later construction was again under way. In 1891 he got the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

BIENCOURT DE POUTRINCOURT ET DE SAINT-JUST, JEAN DE, baron, governor of Méry-sur-Seine, lieutenant-governor of Acadia, commander of

cross into Italy, where he joined the Minims. Mme de Champlain, who had had a major part in his conversion from Calvinism to Roman Catholicism, paid him a handsome pension during the ten years he

DAUMONT DE SAINT-LUSSON, SIMON-FRANÇOIS, regimental officer, explorer; d

intercession. Dugay also attended in his last moments the Marquis de Crisafy, governor of Trois-Rivières, who died 6

. 5 Dec. 1793 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bout-de-Île (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue), Lower Canada, son of François Dumoulin and Louise Cressé; d. 27 July 1853 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada