, that year he had moved to the Collège de Saint-Césaire in the province of Quebec. In the spring of 1881 he resumed teaching at St Joseph’s. The

been started in Ireland around 1700 by Huguenot ancestors Jean and Guillaume de Brequet, John Breakey’s father, Hans Denaston, aged 20, emigrated from Rockcorry (Republic of Ireland). According to

 Cran (Stoney Creek, south of Moncton, N.B.) about 1740. At the time of the battle of Minas at the beginning of 1747, Brossard gave assistance to Nicolas-Antoine Coulon de Villiers’s troops. On 21

CHABERT DE JONCAIRE, PHILIPPE-THOMAS, called Nitachinon by the Iroquois, trader, officer in the colonial regular

. 1819. Scribbler (Montreal), 12 Dec. 1822. Giroux et al., Inv. des marchés de construction des ANQ-M, 1, nos.1093–95; 2, no.1334. Lebœuf, Complément, 3e

. Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme began his classical studies at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse, which had been founded by his uncle, Abbé Charles-Joseph

general of the bishop of Quebec and parish priest of Port-Royal. Because his predecessor, Abel Maudoux, had had numerous differences with the governor of Acadia, Jacques-François de

. The ecclesiastical authorities clearly thought Germain an exceptional person: in 1752 they recommended to Rome that he be made superior general of the Jesuits in New France. But Abbé de L’Isle-Dieu, the

(Que.), and they had eight children; m. secondly 28 Jan. 1793 Marie Martin, a widow, at Saint-Jacques-de-la-Nouvelle-Acadie (Saint-Jacques), Lower Canada; d

measures, subject first to hearing Gugy’s defence. Then the case was submitted to London, which in the spring of 1837 issued instructions that Gugy was to be dismissed as sheriff. In April Roch de Saint-Ours

, missionary; b. 18 May 1799 at Aix-en-Provence, France, son of Jacques-Christophe Honorat, candlemaker, and Marie-Thérèse Bremond; d. 23 Dec. 1862 at Notre-Dame de l’Osier (dept of Isère

toward the end of 1818 as a general medical centre and clinic for indigents and immigrants. His medical colleagues were Pierre-Jean de Sales

his schooling with the Brothers of the Christian Schools, first at the elementary school in Saint-Sauveur, and then from 1898 at the Académie Commerciale de Québec. His teachers made a strong impression

, seigneur, and politician; b. 31 Jan. 1778 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval), Que., son of Hubert-Joseph Lacroix* and Françoise

LE POUPET DE LA BOULARDERIE, LOUIS-SIMON, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, commandant at Port d’Orléans, Île Royale (North Bay

[Dufrost* de Lajemmerais], who had founded the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal, the earliest religious congregation that was strictly Canadian. Admitted first as a

, replacing his master, who had just fallen ill; on 1 Aug. 1832, at Saint-Clément-de-Beauharnois, he took the place of Dr Charles Fleming, who had succumbed to the disease. Masson’s strong constitution

par J.-J. Lefebvre). Desjardins, Guide parlementaire. Journal de la chambre d’Assemblée du Bas-Canada, 1824, app.Y, “Règles et règlements pour les écoles de fondation royale dans

went on to study at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal in 1847–48. At the age of 18 he went into business with his father, who had become a major livestock dealer and meat exporter. Their company’s

1788 Mézière studied at the Collège de Montréal, where he proved a good student, his name being on the honours list each year for a few prizes and honourable mentions. He finished after his sixth year

baptized by Abbé Jacques-Ladislas de Calonne*, a missionary on the Island from 1799 to 1804. He went to school in Tignish, and

ANQ-M, CE1-51, 17 nov. 1845. AP, Notre-Dame de Montréal, boîte 23, chemise 34, brouillon d’une lettre de la fabrique à James O’Donnell, 16 mai 1828; Cahiers des délibérations de la fabrique

Villebrun), a farmer, and Placide Lafrance; m. 24 May 1876 Louise Delagrave in the parish of Notre Dame de Québec; d. 28 Oct. 1887 in Montreal, Que., and was buried there three days later

on the Manila galleon route and was of sufficient prominence to be included in the junta convoked at San Blas in 1768 by Visitador José de Gálvez. The junta, in response to reports of Russian expansion

militia officer; b. 6 Dec. 1757 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies (Que.), only surviving child of Jean-Baptiste-Moyse de Rémond and Marie-Françoise Damours de Louvières; d. 19 March 1825

years, he was about to be promoted second ensign when, on 12 Jan. 1736, he fought a duel at Trois-Rivières with another cadet in the colonial regular troops, Charles Hertel de Chambly. Hertel

several others, including Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau* and Adolphe de Puibusque. In 1849 a number of books donated by Vattemare

1832 Withall, who had been earning his own living since he was 16, decided to go to Quebec. On the way, he stopped at Saint-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille (Montmagny) and turned his hand to 36

, having suffered a mental breakdown. He proclaimed the need for a new type of poetry that would depart from the work of most members of the École Littéraire de Montréal, whose meetings he attended. Haunted

great impact. That year Plamondon was authorized by Abbé Jérôme Demers* to move into a more spacious studio in the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec on Rue du

BEAUHARNOIS DE LA CHAUSSAYE, FRANÇOIS DE, Baron de BEAUVILLE, financial commissary, intendant of

Jean-Mathieu* Mounier. Between about 1755 and 1757 Dumas became directly associated at Quebec with at least two other Protestant merchants, both from Montauban: Antoine Fraisses de Long and Joseph

matters, in which he had become highly skilled. It was he who settled the difficult estates of seigneurs Joseph Masson* of Terrebonne and Charles de

Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Lower Canada, eldest son of Jules-Isaïe Benoît*, dit Livernois, a merchant, and Élise L’Herault, dit

PREVOST DE LA CROIX, JACQUES, colonial administrator; b. 6 May 1715 at Brest, France; d. 9 Oct. 1791 in France

Saint-Constant, Que., and baptized at Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Que., son of Pierre Viau, a farmer, and Marie-Josephte Barrette; d. 13 June 1849 in Montreal

government through Le Journal de Québec: “But must it be said? This young man is here in Rome at his own expense; . . . should not our government follow the example of the French

LA CROIX DE CHEVRIÈRES DE SAINT-VALLIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE DE, second bishop of Quebec; b. 14 Nov. 1653 at Grenoble, son of Jean

he attended elementary school. He entered the Séminaire de Nicolet in 1827 and remained until he finished his first year of Philosophy in the spring of 1834. Then he left for the Gaspé to visit his

Sérignac (dept of Charente), France, sixth son of Hugues Du Pont Duvivier and Marie Hérauld de Gourville; m. 11 Feb. 1709 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.) to Jeanne Mius d’Entremont de

was ordained a priest in 1687 and shortly afterwards obtained the canonical benefice of the church of “Notre-Dame de Trevolse,” in the principality of Dombes (now in the dept. of Ain, France), which he

1855 the Court of Appeal set aside the judgement of the court of first instance. From 1855 to 1864 Oscar Dunn studied at the Séminaire de Saint

in Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada, son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin; m. 22 July 1857 Hermine Demers in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets (Les Becquets

the advantage of sound teaching; he undertook his classical studies at the Séminaire de Nicolet between 1826 and 1832, and on 25 May 1836, after studying law under Antoine

parish of Saint-Patrice-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup in Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup), Que., and they had three daughters, one of whom died in infancy, and a son; d. 20 June 1933 in Quebec City and was

sculpted.” In 1874 Rigali also received a payment of $350 from the fabrique of Sainte-Agathe de Lotbinière for some unidentified works that would

. Here Roubaud was assigned to the Abenaki mission at Saint-François-de-Sales (Odanak). Although he suffered from poor health, by the summer he was accompanying the Abenakis on their numerous military

AC, Québec, Testament olographe de Jenkin Williams, 20 Nov. 1819 (see P.–G. Roy, Inv. testaments, 3: 154). ANQ-Q, CE1-61, 3 Nov. 1819, 17 Sept. 1824; CN1

Séminaire de Saint-Joseph des Trois-Rivières, but later left his native city to study law at the Université Laval in Montreal. After he had earned his degree and been admitted to the bar of the province of

-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud (Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). In 1860 he was awarded a medal for the Ecce Homo he carved for the church at Beauport, which was displayed at an