, Que.).
Son of a native of Vivonne, France, Jean-Baptiste Duberger showed early scholastic promise and was sent from Detroit to the Petit Séminaire de
identification of Fleming as ideologically aligned with an increasingly alarmed “English commercial party,” and provoked a response by Pierre-Jean de
, in the parish of Notre-Dame de Quebec, son of Alexis Gauvreau and Marie-Anne Hamel; m. first 23 Feb. 1783 Marie-Louise Beleau at Quebec, and they had three children; m. there
Goddard, were nevertheless relieved when British soldiers finally arrived to take over the fort from Charles-Michel Mouet* de
fire alarm telegraph.” On 9 October the authorities of the Séminaire de Québec decided “to rent one of Mohr’s devices for private telegraphy.” The following day he registered the City District
-standing battle to force him to live with his kinsmen in the loyalist settlement of New Johnstown (Cornwall, Ont.). Finding life at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Montreal more attractive, he was
Joseph-Balzara Turgeon established a “Cabinet de lecture,” a small literary society formed for reading aloud to illiterate francophones. After returning to Ottawa in 1858, St Jean founded, with three
TAVERNER, WILLIAM, planter, trader, and surveyor; b. possibly in Bay de Verde, Nfld., about 1680, perhaps the
Rivière Saint-François. The same year he purchased for £18 from Simon Fraser Sr the Gaspé seigneury of Rivière-de-la-Madeleine, a prime fishing location; Tod leased the salmon
Brother Twelve; on 23 March 1931 he legally changed his name to Amiel de Valdes), mystic and cult leader; b. 25 July 1878 in Birmingham, England, son of
most part the Forgets settled in Terrebonne, Repentigny, Lachenaie, and Saint-François-de-Sales (Laval). The parents of Rodolphe, David, a lawyer, and Angèle, half-sister to Louis-Olivier
and Pierre-Amable De Bonne*, boycotted proceedings, claiming bias on Smith’s part. Monk brought forth numerous witnesses
aided by a group of Canadian volunteers under François-Marie Picoté de Belestre. Because
cultural intermediary in the fur trade, both in North America and Europe.
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT, coureur de bois
world has appeared to me so beautiful as the river St. Lawrence, so pleasing to the eye, so fruitful for commerce, and so advantageous for the establishing of the fleurs de lis. . . .” But
six children and only son of Amable Girard, a farmer, and Josephte Daunais; m. 23 Sept. 1878 in Montreal Marie-Aurélie de La Mothe, widow of Alfred Versailles, and they had one son who
-known missionaries in the history of western Canada, attended the Collège de L’Assomption and continued his theological studies at the bishop’s palace in Montreal. It was there that he met George-Antoine
complexities of the coastline to a point beyond 60°. Juan de Fuca Strait, to which he had been directed to give particular attention, was reached on 29 April. Vancouver has been much criticized for his
June 1807 Bell bought the waterfront lot “forming the frontage” of the property from the Séminaire de Québec. He seems to have lived at Woodfield only in summer and was content with making improvements
de la Côte-du-Sud, and in 1974 it was dedicated to his memory and rechristened the Musée Maritime Bernier (renamed the Musée Maritime du Québec in 1998). It contains a permanent exhibition devoted to
LEFEBVRE, CAMILLE, Holy Cross father, vicar general, and educator; b. 14 Feb. 1831 in Saint Philippe-de-Laprairie, Lower
Sept. 1837. F.-J. Audet, Les députés de Montréal, 150–51. Massicotte, “Répertoire des engagements pour l’Ouest,” ANQ Rapport, 1943–44: 410; 1945–46: 236, 291, 295, 318
Joseph-René Bellot is the author of Journal d’un voyage aux mers polaires exécuté à la recherche de sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852 . . . précédé
* “for having neglected to cut the Cahots” before his house. Bentley also supervised road construction and paving, and during his tenure the Upper Town market and Rue de la Montague were paved and streets
his regiment, his views being well in advance of contemporary thought. He made his military name in the Portuguese campaign of 1762, capturing the towns of Valencia de Alcántara (province of Cácerio
Montreal where, on 8 Sept. 1760, the French army under Governor General Pierre de Rigaud* de Vaudreuil
Johnston. That August he was at the NWC post at Bas-de-la-Rivière (Fort Alexander, Man.), where a council of Métis from the Red River settlement was held under the direction of Archibald McLellan
MacKay* succeeded the latter’s brother William* in the charge of the Lake Winnipeg department based at Fort Bas-de-la-Rivière (Fort Alexander
a lieutenant (with the army rank of captain); on 18 June 1757, having become aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland, he was made captain-lieutenant in his regiment (and a lieutenant-colonel in
traditions de solidarité ouvrière chez les mouleurs montréalais: la longue marche vers le syndicalisme (1859–1881),” Labour, 21 (1988): 25–26, 31–32, 35–37. Borthwick, Hist. and biog
Gigedo, Colnett secured 1,000 sea-otter skins between October 1790 and March 1791, although this involved some deception of Francisco de
, however, that he owned a very large business, comparable to Huguet’s. In addition there were certainly numerous properties, including a piece of land bought after the Château de Vaudreuil burned in 1803
.
Until he was four years old George Taylor Davie lived in his parents’ home at a rented shipyard on Rue de la Canoterie, Quebec; his father and maternal grandfather were partners in a shipbuilding concern
departure from Michilimackinac, Charles Gautier de Verville, who had been left in charge of Indian affairs, was writing that he had been obliged to ignore the commandant and take coal from the king’s stores
.
Sister Bernard was among the first group of Sisters of St Joseph to come to Toronto. When Bishop Armand-François-Marie de
was also named aide-de-camp to the officer commanding the forces on the island. During his stay he obtained a grant of four acres on which he grew potatoes
Édouard developed his long-distance running abilities. It appears that he won his first snowshoe race on 4 March 1904, at the age of 15, with the club he belonged to in the Cité de Saint-Henri
, Les députés de Montréal, 228–29. Caron, “Inv. de la corr. de Mgr Plessis,” ANQ Rapport, 1927–28: 141. Officers of British forces in Canada (Irving), 164. R. Campbell
du touriste (2e éd., Québec, 1872); Monographies et esquisses (Québec, 1885). Monet, Last cannon shot, 73, 76. Femand Ouellet, Histoire de la Chambre de commerce
state of the fur trade (2v., New York, 1922), xliii. J.-B. Perrault, Jean-Baptiste Perrault, marchand voyageur parti de Montréal le 28e de mai 1783, L.-P
had solid support in northern Newfoundland, yet the closest local council to St John’s was at Grimes’s boyhood home of Brigus, in the district of Port de Grave. Early in 1913 Grimes was selected as the
was Roman Catholic, the ceremony was performed by David-François de Montmollin*, a Church of England clergyman
, a banker, and Hélène-Denise-Amélie Fleury de La Hussinière; m. 4 May 1897 Blanche Dugas (d. 1907), daughter of judge Calixte-Aimé Dugas, in Montreal, and they had two sons; d. there 11 April 1926
on the women’s commission of the Comité France-Amérique de Montréal and served on the board of directors of the city’s branch of the Alliance Française. In 1918 she would be named an Officier de
séminaire de Trois-Rivières, the Fonds Hart, 1760–1865, contains numerous references to Jacobs, and the parish archives of Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Que.) include documents (23 oct. 1772, 6
Permanent du District de Montréal, which coordinated the agitation throughout the district. In August he resigned his recently restored commission as justice in protest against Gosford’s attempt to prohibit
specimens on La Galissonière’s orders. After three weeks of botanizing, Kalm moved to Montreal, where he was entertained by the Baron de Longueuil
pamphlets containing the Globe reports along with information on King’s life, imprisonment, and execution. The earliest of these pamphlets, written by R. De Courcey and shown to King for
Supérieure Saint-Louis, which was run by the Clercs de Saint-Viateur. He attended the Université de Montréal from 1931 to 1933 and was a part-time arts student at McGill University from 1935 to 1936, although