, 17, 675, 1286. F. D. Adams, A history of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal (Montreal, 1941), 57. P.-G. Roy, La ville de Québec sous le Régime français (2v., Québec
avril 1825. ANQ-SLSJ, CE1-2, 15 nov. 1851. Arch. de la Compagnie Price Limitée (Chicoutimi, Qué.), no.699. PAC, RG 68, General index, 1841–67: 35. Le
into his home in Kamouraska and in 1822 sent him to study at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He proved to be an “excellent pupil,” gifted in public speaking and praised for his piety. In 1829 he took the first
du Séminaire de Québec, and the ANQ-Q. Although his European works remain for the most part in private hands, public collections are in the British Museum (London), Dept. of Prints and Drawings
were granted self-regulation by the Medical Act of 1872. The reluctance of some politicians to accept the dentists’ arguments was increased by the efforts of dentist Louis De Chevry. From 1869 De Chevry
CONNOLLY, SUZANNE, a Cree Indian, designated in documents as Suzanne “Pas-de-Nom” or “la Sauvagesse
, on 18 June 1480, with three Bristol merchants, William Spencer, Robert Straunge, and William de la Fount, royal licence to trade for three years in any goods except staple goods (wool and
DELORME, PIERRE (he occasionally signed de L’Orme
Bédard, Le hameau Denison Mills (Québec, 1977). Caron, La colonisation de la prov. de Québec, 2: 86, 120–21, 137, 182–83. Edward Cleveland, A sketch of the early settlement
Quebec, with sketches of more than five hundred families, ed. John Lawrence (Montreal, 1874; repr. 1963). Maurice O’Bready, De Ktiné à Sherbrooke; esquisse historique de Sherbrooke: des origines à
ANQ-M, Greffe d’I. J. Gibb, 20 mai 1844; Greffe de James Smith, 13 nov. 1864. Château de Ramesay (Montréal), Antiquarian and Numismatic Soc. of Montreal, no.104. O’Keefe
LANCEY (de Lancey, De Lancey, Delancey), JAMES, army officer and politician; b. 6 Sept. 1746 in Westchester County (New York City
) and Charles-Eugène Boucher* de Boucherville (1874–78). Often absent because of the demands of business, he attended mainly as
Barthe’s Drames de la vie réelle, roman canadien (Sorel, [1896]). In 1970 these same events served as the inspiration for Anne Hébert’s fine novel Kamouraska (Paris
name Compagnie de Glacières C. P. Fabien Limitée, and brought his four sons and his daughter onto the newly formed board of directors. At the time of his death in 1925 the company was considered the
Semple*, at Seven Oaks (in present-day Winnipeg) on 19 June 1816, was the subject of his best known song, “La Chanson de la Grenouillère.” Another Métis ballad, entitled “Le Lord
, “Church and state papers,” ANQ Rapport, 1948–49: 329, 337. “Les maîtres d’écoles de l’Institution royale de 1801 à 1834,” Ivanhoë Caron, compil., BRH, 47 (1941): 22. L.-P. Audet
the Rivière Saint-Maurice in 1839, as well as others at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (La Pérade) and Bout-de-l’Île in 1840. In the latter year he designed improvements to the lock at Sainte-Anne-de
purchased a sawmill at River de Chute, a community on the west side of the Saint John River. Buying logs from local farmers, he manufactured clapboards, shingles, and other wood products for sale
they were interrogated by the British commander, Major Arent Schuyler De Peyster. De Peyster found them innocent of the charges that they had actively aided the Americans, and in November 1781
Buade* de Frontenac that the French would have to negotiate the peace with the Oneidas through the English officials at Albany. Gouentagrandi is reported to have accompanied Tareha because of her
priest Simon Girard* de La Place. John Gyles was forced to serve as drudge to one of the many small hunting parties which moved as
HAMEL, PIERRE, Roman Catholic priest, Jesuit, teacher, and superior; b. 23 Feb. 1832 in Sainte-Claire-de-Dorchester
trade with the Indians, and materials for clock and watch makers. Located at 15 Rue de la Fabrique, his shop, the Eagle & Watch, quickly became a store for imported goods. Every year he
’ instructions to avoid Nootka Sound, which was held by a Spanish garrison under Francisco de Eliza* y Reventa and Pedro de
Office at 21 Rue de la Montagne, Jones having imported the press and equipment from Alexander Young of London and engaged a journeyman printer from Britain. In August 1794 Jones and Vondenvelden
Theyanoguin. This expedition ended in disaster when it was ambushed near Montreal in mid-June by French forces under Louis de
Semple at Seven Oaks (Winnipeg) in June did not want to continue. On 16 August at Bas-de-la-Rivière (Fort Alexander, Man.), Keveny was arrested under a warrant issued by Nor’Wester
Iroquois annihilate them, the Mackinac tribes sought the protection of the French governor and it was during negotiations with Louis de
, Albani was accompanied by violinist Alfred De Sève. She remained attached to her native country and returned
ironworks, he had managed to acquire several thousand arpents of land suitable for agriculture in the nearby seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. When Hall’s business went into receivership in 1856
Gamelin* and Marie-Louise de Lorimier, in Montreal, and they had 12 children, 2 of whom died in infancy; d. 14 Jan. 1830 in Montreal
. 1801; T11-1/3553: 677; 3556: 249, 343, 506; 3563: 134, 1er févr. 1822; 3564: 336; 3567: 235; 3583: 1577; 3584: 1966, 2180, 2193, 2394. “Les dénombrements de Québec” (Plessis), ANQ Rapport
.
Jean-Baptiste Maranda studied from 1814 to 1822 at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and from 1823 to 1827 was a student and teacher at the Grand Séminaire. Following ordination on 10 Dec. 1826, he
-Ferréol de Marseille, France; d. sometime after 1765.
Barthélemy Martin set up one of the most important trading companies in Quebec towards the end of
, at age 14, he entered the Petit Séminaire de Mayenne. Steeped in French Catholicism’s tradition of romanticizing the North American wilderness and its inhabitants, he decided to become an Oblate
Michilimackinac after 1774, Arent Schuyler De Peyster, must have known him reasonably well. On learning that McCarty had deserted to the Virginians he wrote “so poor a creature never entered into any service before
Carter
Arch. de la Soc. hist. de Saint-Boniface (Saint-Boniface, Man.), Fonds Picton, dossiers McKay, Rolette. NA, RG 10, B3, 3632
seigneuries du district de Québec . . . (2v., Québec, 1863). Lorenzo Angers, Chicoutimi, poste de traite, 1676–1852 (Montréal, 1971). J.-P. Simard, “Biographie de Thomas Simard
obtained the use of the St Vincent de Paul Hall at 25 Shuter Street, and the Society of St Vincent de Paul had donated money to furnish an altar and other requisites. This positive action
5 Dec. 1746, and Noble himself arrived there on 1 Jan. 1746/47. The French forces under Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de
de Saint-Louis-de-Kent: cent cinquante ans de vie paroissiale française en Acadie nouvelle (Moncton, N.-B., 1948). J. I. Lawson and J. MacC. Sweet, This is New Brunswick
Boucher* de Boucherville at Quebec; d. there on 20 March 1775.
Almost all members of Jacques Perrault’s family were involved in
AC, Québec, État civil, Anglicans, Metropolitan Church, 9 juill. 1840; St Michael’s Chapel (Sillery), 2 sept. 1899. ANQ-Q, P-666. Arch. de l’univ. Laval, Québec, 220. L’Événement
dialect common among German Canadians in southwestern Ontario was a tradition at the time for German-language newspapers, and letters were published under various noms de plume in almost all of
. paroissiales, Caraquet, N.-B., Reg. des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de l’Acadie, 1768–99. BL, Add. mss 21862: 17b (transcript at PAC). Northumberland County Registry Office
Séminaire de Nicolet from 1862 to 1865. During the 1860s events south of the border made the defence of Canada a matter of public concern; Rouleau was a captain in the militia company at the seminary and he
latitude she reached. Rut, on his way south, explored the Labrador coast, entering one inlet, probably St. Lewis Inlet (52°20´N), and landing with his men. He fished at Cap de Bas (at 52°N as he
OCHILTREE (or Ochiltrie), founder of a short-lived colony at Port de la Baleine, on Cape Breton; b. 1582? in Scotland; d. 1659