1649, he was at the Saint-Jean mission among the Tobacco Indians, when he received orders to go to the main residence, Sainte-Marie II, on the Île Saint-Joseph. Having set out on 7 December, he

CHEVAL, dit Saint-Jacques, and dit Chevalier, JACQUES-JOSEPH, wig

taught theology there for a few years. In the autumn of 1731 he was chosen to fill the duties of missionary to the Malecite Indians at Médoctec (Meductic, N.B.) on the Saint John River, replacing Father

Charles Darveau, a tanner on Rue Saint-Vallier, and Marguerite-Marie Roi, dit Audi; d. 4 June 1844 at Baie-des-Canards (Duck Bay, Man

GADOYS, PIERRE, first farmer at Montreal, churchwarden at Ville-Marie (Montreal); b. c. 1594 at Saint-Martin d’Igé

Heath followed his profession successively at Saint-Charles, county of Saint-Hyacinthe, from 1834 to 1836, at Quebec from 1838 to 1842, at Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski from 1842 to 1849, then at L’Isle-Verte

of philosophy, and left for Canada in 1721. He was sent immediately to the Sault-Saint-Louis (Caughnawaga, Que.) mission, where he was to spend several years

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

was called to the bar on 9 Dec. 1843. He settled at Saint-Hyacinthe and in 1846 married Rosalie, daughter of the seigneur Jean Dessaulles

LÉGARÉ, ANTOINE, teacher; b. 2 Oct. 1799 at Saint-Roch de Québec, son of Ignace Légaré, a tanner, and Marie

France; d. 29 June 1692 at Châlons. He joined the Recollets of the province of Saint-Denis in 1647. After

Recollet house in Paris. He was appointed guardian of the convent at Châteauvillain in 1661 and in 1663 he exercised this office at the convent of Saint-Denis, at Paris. That same year he became a lecturer

RAIZENNE, MARIE, named Saint-Ignace, sister of the Congregation

BOLVIN, GILLES, wood-carver; baptized 30 Aug. 1710 in the parish of Saint-Nicolas d’Avesnes (Avesnes-sur

BRUNET, dit L’Estang (L’Étang), VÉRONIQUE, named Sainte-Rose

CASAVANT, JOSEPH, organ builder; b. 23 Jan. 1807 in the parish of La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge (La Présentation

. François-Xavier Cormier came from a family of impoverished farmers in the parish of Memramcook, N.B., and did not attend the village school. However, when the Séminaire Saint-Thomas opened in November 1854

aid societies, the Union Saint-Thomas and the Union Saint-Pierre, and was president of a Catholic charity, the Société de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul of Ottawa. His most important work, however, was done with

FORGUES, MICHEL, priest and teacher; b. 13 Feb. 1811 at Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, son of Michel Forgues

. 14 Oct. 1838 in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, Lower Canada, son of François Foucher, a merchant, and Sara Dugas; m. there 26 Nov. 1860 Exerine Lesage, sister of Siméon

marriage; d. 28 Jan. 1866 in Saint John, N.B. Robert Foulis was a contemporary of Michael Faraday, the famous English scientist, and those

GARREAU (Garo, Garrau, Garaut), dit Saint-Onge, PIERRE, priest, canon of the chapter of Quebec, and vicar

GROSTON (Grotton) DE SAINT-ANGE ET DE BELLERIVE, LOUIS, officer in the colonial regular troops; baptized c. 1700 at Montreal

says is that he made his profession in that order in the province of Saint-Denys under the name of Maurice on 14 April 1714, at the age of 27 years and 8 months, and that he came from Paris

ironworks in the Saint-Maurice region. In June 1853 he founded A. Larue et Compagnie with Joseph-Édouard Turcotte* and George

mission. Strained relations with Governor Frontenac necessitated a return to France, but he was back in the colony in 1685 as an adviser to Bishop de Saint-Vallier. In 1686 Abbé d’Urfé became the first

. 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Que., son of Joseph-Marie Létourneau and Marie-Françoise Cloutier; d. 21 April 1838 in the parish of Saint-Thomas (at Montmagny), Lower Canada

blacksmith, and his second wife, Angélique Marchand; d. 19 Jan. 1810 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. Benjamin-Nicolas Maillou entered the Petit

NAVIÈRES, JOSEPH, parish priest; b. and baptized 12 June 1709 in the parish of Saint-Michel-des-Lions in

Saint John, N.B., son of Valentine H. Nelson and Margaret Rodger (Roger); m. Isabel K. Armstrong, and they had two sons and two daughters; d. 19 Jan. 1904 in Montreal and was

NEVINS, JAMES, shipbuilder, shipowner, and commission agent; b. 1821 in Saint John, N.B.; m. 17 Sept. 1849 Susannah

*] – whether before or after is unclear – Joseph Robichaux took his family by the “emigrants’ road” to Tatamagouche, and then by ship to Pointe Prime (Point Prim) on Île Saint-Jean (P.E.I.). It was there

. first 4 Aug. 1863 Julia Louise LeBrun Marsh in Fredericton, and they had five sons and one daughter; m. secondly 1883, in Boston, Marie Lewis of Saint John, N.B., and they had a son and a

VANNIER, PIERRE-PAUL, Benedictine, founder and first superior of the abbey at Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Que.; b. 16

, a Malecite captain; the name probably means the young snowshoer, although snowshoe strap is a possibility; fl. 1778–80 in the Saint John valley (N.B

BÉTOURNAY, LOUIS, lawyer and judge; b. Saint-Lambert, Chambly County, L.C., 13 Nov. 1825; d. Saint-Boniface, Man., 30

. 28 Sept. 1828 to Sarah Turner by whom he had eight children, although only four lived to maturity; d. 17 Sept. 1879 at Saint John, N.B

EARLY, MAY AGNES (Fleming), novelist; b. 15 Nov. 1840 in Saint John, N.B., daughter of Bernard and Mary Early; d. 26

patient at the hospital operated by the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal (Grey Nuns), and thus began an association with the Hôpital de Saint-Boniface that lasted until his death. The

GILL, IGNACE, businessman and politician; b. 15 March 1808 at Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada, son of

GINGRAS, LOUIS, secular priest and superior of the Séminaire de Québec; b. 5 Sept. 1796 at Saint-Olivier

was born, was a good student, first at the Collège Saint-Raphaël in Montreal from 1773 to 1780, and then in theological studies at the Grand Séminaire de Québec. He was ordained priest by the bishop of

GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR, LÉONARD, politician; b. 7 Nov. 1793 at Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska, Lower Canada, fifth child of Marie

HILYARD, THOMAS, shipbuilder and lumberman; b. October 1810 at Saint John, N.B., son of Thomas Hilyard and

, Lamorinie studied the language of the Ottawas. Although he would serve briefly in other areas – among the Miamis at Fort Saint-Joseph (probably Niles, Mich.) in 1746 and 1749, and among the Assiniboins

the first three churches of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré were built; b. 1623 at Chambois, in the province of Normandy; d. 19 April 1703

MOREAU, HIPPOLYTE, secular priest, missionary, canon, vicar general; b. 8 March 1815 at Saint-Luc-sur

PAQUET, MARIE-ANNE, named de Saint-Olivier, Ursuline and superior; b. 27 Sept. 1755 at Quebec

PARÉ, JOSEPH-OCTAVE, secular priest, canon, secretary of the bishopric of Montreal; b. 16 May 1814 at Saint-Denis-sur

Jeanne de Saint-Ours, in Montreal. By his marriage Péan became an integral part of the colony’s élite. In September 1722 Vaudreuil