powerful chief clerk of the Marine colonial bureau. His family was his first concern and the core of his support. By his marriage to Marguerite-Thérèse Carrerot on 14 Feb. 1745, Prevost became

archbishop; b. 8 Nov. 1778 at Quebec, son of François Signaï and Marguerite Vallée; d. there 3 Oct. 1850. There were 11

La Boische and Marguerite-Françoise Pyvart (Pinard) de Chastullé; d. 12 July 1749 in the parish of Saint-Sauveur, Paris. The

. Jacqueline de Chomedey de Chevilly, who gave such effective protection to Marguerite Bourgeoys before the

then became responsible for the welfare of Radisson and his three sisters. The following singular fact emerges from his family background: his half-sister Marguerite and his sister Françoise preceded him

have expressed the opinion that on this first voyage he brought his wife, Nicole Lemer, and his children: Pierre, the eldest, Nicolas, Marie, and Marguerite, who had all been baptized at Mortagne; we do

). Marguerite Maillet, “Joseph Doutre et l’éducation,” Co-incidences (Ottawa), 4 (1974), no.2: 5–16. Philippe Sylvain, “Un adversaire irréductible du clergé canadien-français du dix-neuvième siècle

. Because of their opposition, the school was eventually forced to close and the nuns left. Of his first marriage Forget had one child, Marguerite. After

, who had married Marguerite-Renée Denys de La Ronde at Quebec on 16 Oct. 1672, probably died in May 1678; he left a daughter, Louise-Rose, who became an Ursuline, and two sons, Louis, who died

, Louis d’Ailleboust, the blessed Marguerite Bourgeoys, Jacques

Marie-Marguerite-Daniel Arnaud*, dite Saint-Arsène]; he also managed to obtain gratuities for himself as well as a

formal ceremony in St Martin’s church in Pau, at which were present his godfather, Armand de Gramont, Comte de Guiche and acting governor of Béarn, and a representative of his godmother, Marguerite

, and Marguerite-Adélaïde Perrault; d. 15 Feb. 1839 in Montreal. Chevalier de Lorimier was a descendant of an old family of French

-Jean and Île Sainte-Marguerite at Boucherville, which together constituted a vast farming area. In addition he owned commercial buildings on Rue Saint-Pierre and Rue Saint-Paul in Montreal

school for girls opened, with Angélique and her sister Marguerite as teachers. Meanwhile, Provencher had adopted the practice of visiting children at the St Boniface school, where Harper taught boys

Beaulieu-lès-Loches, France, the eldest child of Mandé Sigogne and Marguerite Robert; d. 9 Nov. 1844 in Ste Marie (Church Point), N.S

 May 1787 in Montreal, son of Jacques Viger and Amaranthe Prévost; m. there 17 Nov. 1808 Marie-Marguerite La Corne, widow of Major John Lennox, and they had three children, all of whom

-Ignace, Marguerite Bourdon], and the nuns of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame [see

Marguerite Daniau. Among their descendants was Armand’s father, Joseph, who was born on 29 Oct. 1847. In 1874 he went to Arthabaskaville to join the law firm of Wilfrid

“the Marquis” from his contemporaries. In October 1793 McTavish had married Marie-Marguerite Chaboillez, the 18-year-old daughter of Charles-Jean-Baptiste Chaboillez. The couple had four children, all of

parish of Saint-André, Bordeaux, France, son of Louis-Amable Bigot and Marguerite Lombard; d. 12 Jan. 1778 at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The

Lagimonière* and Marie-Anne Gaboury*; m. in 1881 Marguerite Monet, dit Bellehumeur, and they had three children, the

, Marguerite, Jeanne, Étiennette, and Gabrielle, was steeped in an atmosphere of religious and political conservatism. The ultramontane Bishop Louis-François

Sabrevois, where Marguerite Bourgeoys* and Jacques Marquette* had once resided

noted that Chapeleau is a very common surname in Saintonge and that a number of women named Marguerite Le Roy had already been discovered in the registers. Accordingly, before this document is accepted as

The origins of the Lesage family can be traced back to the 17th century. In about 1675 Jean Lesage, his wife, Marguerite Roussel, and their son, Jean-Baptiste, journeyed from Beaumont-le-Roger

roots in the area and become the first miller of the seigneurial mill. In 1817 he married Marguerite Pastourel; their daughter Marcelline married Dominique Lévesque (René’s paternal great-grandfather), of