FUCA (sometimes called Apostolos Valerianos or Phokus Valerianatos), JUAN DE, Greek seaman and
yacht Colleton in 1683. He spent the three following seasons in James Bay and was among those taken prisoner when de
Gatien entered the Petit Séminaire de Québec in 1786, and he is thought to have had some difficulties in the primary classes. But later he was more successful, since in 1790–91 he passed from the first
Star, 8 Aug. 1894. La Presse, 8 août 1894. Lucien Brault, “Registrateurs de comtés, B.-C.,” BRH, 43 (1937): 277. Canadian directory of parl
.
Elzéar Goulet was descended from Canadian voyageurs who had come west with Pierre Gaultier* de Varennes et de La
Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt. That fall, accompanying Poutrincourt and Samuel de
(Montréal), Dép. des mss, mss-101, Coll. La Fontaine, Extraits des reg. de Montréal, 1793–1812: 65, 75, 84, 96, 108, 115. PAC, MG 24, L3
janv. 1873. Le Courrier de l’Outaouais (Hull), 8 janv. 1873. L’Événement (Québec), 10 janv. 1873. Le Journal des Trois-Rivières, 9 janv
.
Jeffery Hale also sought to encourage thrift: he was one of the founders of the Quebec Provident and Savings Bank (Banque de Prévoyance et d’Épargnes de Québec) in 1847. He interested himself in the health
to Halifax as his aide-de-camp and military secretary. Back in England early in 1798, Hale married Elizabeth Frances Amherst* in
.
Under the treaty of neutrality concluded in November 1686, before the news of de Troye’s activities in
Company and, in a futile effort to bolster the local economy, was one of the promoters behind the Compagnie de Coton des Trois-Rivières. This firm never developed beyond the promotional stage
De Cosmos*, presented Humphreys with a gold watch and chain. In November the constituents of Lillooet returned him to the Legislative Council
AC, Montréal, Cour supérieure, déclarations de sociétés, 2, no.3256 (1865); 10, no.641 (1883); 16, nos.1310–11 (1893); 19, no.373 (1896); 26, nos.66, 97 (1906); État civil, Catholiques, Cimetière Notre
HÉBERT, GUILLEMETTE (Couillard de Lespinay), b. c. 1606 in Paris or Dieppe, daughter of
.
Although Jourdain did take on jobs for the fabrique of Notre-Dame de Québec and the Séminaire de Québec, his principal accomplishments were secular buildings. Thus, in 1815 he received a contract to
; II, 703. Rapports sur les lois de Québec, 1767–1770, W. P. M. Kennedy et Gustave Lanctot, édit. (Ottawa, 1931). Quebec Gazette, 28 Feb., 20 June
KOENIG (König, von König), EDMOND-VICTOR DE, Baron von KOENIG, army officer, physician, and teacher; b. 1753 in Osterwieck (German
-Comique in Paris, where one of her partners was the French tenor Salvator Issaurel, with whom she had sung in Royan. They were married in 1908 in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris. Béatrice
attacks. But by weight of numbers the Iroquois were victorious here as well.
Jean de
.), Registre des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.), 1707–42. Private archives, Laura Cormier (Caraquet, N.-B.), Coll. Livin Cormier (factures, états de compte
service, Lane voyaged again in 1684 and 1685 to Hudson Bay. Further adventures awaited him, for he was taken prisoner when de
communales, Bayonne, EE, 65, 69, 71–73; FF, 329–31, 361; GG, 56, 102, 104–5, 127. Archives de la Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne, regs.32–33, 39–48. Musée basque de Bayonne, manuscript notes of M. René
music at an early age and seems to have devoted himself entirely to studying it after he terminated his classical studies at the end of his second year at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Although
in Halifax, saving enough money to be able to continue his education. After studies at St Francis Xavier College, Antigonish, N.S., and at the Grand Séminaire de Québec from 1863 to 1865, he was
. 1811. Canada, Prov. of, Legislative Assembly, App. to the journals, 1843, app.6; 1853, app.JJJJ. Desjardins, Guide parl. Jules Bélanger et al., Histoire de la Gaspésie
*, fled to the Îles de la Madeleine in August 1792. Shortly thereafter he went to Halifax and met with the superintendent of missions, the Reverend James
1734 while living in Montreal Pierre received a grant of three acres from Governor Charles de Beauharnois in the seigneury of Villechauve. Soon afterwards he expanded his activities from house carpentry
colonists. Père Pacifique [de Valigny] [H.-J.-L. Buisson], “Ristigouche, métropole des Micmacs, théâtre du ‘dernier effort de la France au Canada,’” Soc. de géographie de Québec, Bull
words, not quite half were set to existing tunes. “Gai lon la, joli rosier” and “La fille de Madame Angot” were melodies that provided musical support for his lyrics. Calixa
Armstrong*, and was often employed by the government in its dealings with the Acadians [see René-Charles de Breslay
Centre d’Études Acadiennes, Univ. de Moncton, N.-B., Fonds Alice Léger. L’Évangéline (Moncton), 11 oct. 1923: 8. P.-F. Bourgeois, L’école aux apparitions mystérieuses (Montréal, 1896
. 1817. Bouchette, Topographical description of L.C., 268. C. P. de Volpi and P. H. Scowen, The Eastern Townships, a pictorial record; historical prints and
wife, Marie Mirabeau, whom he had married around 1765 at Lyons, and went into partnership with another printer. Except for the Lettre adressée aux habitans de la province de Québec, ci
. 1789; 13 June 1793. Quebec Herald, Miscellany and Advertiser, 21 Sept. 1789. Caron, “Inv. de la corr. de Mgr Briand,” ANQ Rapport, 1929–30, 65. G.B., WO
), B, 65, ff.556–57 (Chambre des comptes de Dijon, enregistrement); C, 8993 (Bureau du contrôle des actes de Dijon); État civil, Saint-Jean de Dijon, 18 janv. 1723; État civil, Arcenant. AN, Col., B
, Toutes petites choses du Régime anglais (2 sér., Québec, 1946), 1re sér., 17. F.-J. Audet, “Les législateurs de la province de Québec, 1764–1791,” BRH, XXXI (1925), 439. É.-Z
in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que., daughter of Jean-Baptiste Noël, a seigneur, and Geneviève Dussaut; d. 17 Nov. 1829 at Quebec
OLABARATZ (Laubaras), JEAN D’, naval officer; b. 20 Oct. 1727 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
business at 13 Rue de la Montagne. Two years later he had a journeyman by the name of François Ucuyer, who presumably helped him make clocks and watches. Orkney’s next-door neighbour at this time was a
Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne set out from Montreal in the spring with a large quantity of trade goods and presents and a dozen blacksmiths who were to live in the Indian villages. It was
De Smet*, who were to open a mission among the Flatheads in the northwestern United States. Point worked there tirelessly for the following six years. He established at least one mission, that of
AJM, Greffe de L.-O. Hétu, 27 nov. 1876 (inventory of John Pratt’s estate). Journal de Québec, 25 juill. 1876. L’Opinion publique (Montréal), 3
-Rivières residence. As he seemed unable to learn the native languages, he was sent in 1638 to minister to the French settlers on the Île de Miscou, in the Baie des Chaleurs. But some time later he had to
unoccupied by the HBC since Pierre de Troyes*’s exploit of 1686). The London committee made Render master of the new sloop Moose River [I
ANQ-Q, CE1-1, 25 nov. 1839; CN1-212, no.8310. Arch. de l’évêché de Bathurst (Bathurst, N.-B.), Papiers Robichaud. Centre d’études acadiennes, univ. de Moncton (Moncton, N.-B.), Fonds Placide
Legislative Assembly until 6 Nov. 1851 when he was defeated by Conservative John Greaves Clapham. He contested the result but Clapham’s election was upheld. In 1851 Peter Boyle De
.
Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour controlled Acadia at this time, but his defences were weak. He had outlasted his rival, Charles de
, Procureur général, Événements de 1837–1838, no.4082. Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, National Historic Sites Service, Research Division, George Ingram, “A history of Coteau-du