. In 1888 the opening of the Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway, with its terminus at Roberval, made it possible to connect the region with other markets and gave Scott a chance to put to use the

François-Pierre Cherrier*, in a big wedding at Saint-Denis on the Richelieu. The couple went to live in Montreal, in a stone house Viger

 Dec. 1849 in Oswego, N.Y. Thomas Hanford Wentworth was raised in Saint John, N.B., by an uncle but had returned to the United States

architecture, but some quick sketches and writings indicate that he visited numerous monuments in Paris, including the Palais des Tuileries and the church of Sainte-Geneviève (the Panthéon), Germain Soufflot’s

-ton privateer guaranteed for 15,000 livres by François Boschet de Saint-Martin, a prominent shipowner at Plaisance. In 1713 Daccarrette commanded the Marianne, a small ship bound for

administrator of Acadia; b. 1641 or 1642 in Saint-Hilaire de Soulanges in Champagne; baptized in 1644; d. 1678. At an early age he apparently joined

1863 in Notre-Dame parish, Montreal, son of Joseph Laurin, a shopkeeper, and Caroline Park; m. 13 June 1885 Rose Saint-Aubin in Saint-Jean-Baptiste parish, Montreal, and they had one daughter

Moreau of Paris, and had two daughters and two sons; fl. 1715–57. Jean-Pierre Roma is chiefly remembered for his activities in Île Saint-Jean

TASCHEREAU, MARIE-ANNE-LOUISE, named de Saint-François

. Her conversion brought upon her a veritable persecution. She was even threatened with death. Amidst all these trials Father Lamberville advised her to pray unremittingly and to go to live at the Saint

Valentine Troop and Tamar Bath; m. 11 July 1838 Catherine Fellows, and they had two sons and three daughters; d. 3 Oct. 1881 at Saint John, N.B

VIGER, AMANDA (baptized Marie-Louise-Amanda), named Saint-Jean-de-Goto, Religious

DAUMONT DE SAINT-LUSSON, SIMON-FRANÇOIS, regimental officer, explorer; d

DESSAULLES, JEAN, seigneurial agent, militia officer, seigneur, and politician; b. 1766 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Que., son of

HARDING, THOMAS, tanner, politician, and justice of the peace; b. c. 1786 in Saint John, N.B

Saint-Étienne de La Tour at Saint John and Nicolas Denys at Cape Breton were also active. His agent

LECLERC, NAZAIRE, Roman Catholic priest, author, and journalist; b. 21 July 1820 at Sainte-Anne-de-la

NANTEL, Wilfrid-Bruno, lawyer, administrator, and politician; b. 8 Nov. 1855 at Saint-Jérôme

. 1796 at Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, L.C., the second of 17 children of Hélier Quertier, a sacristan, and Marie-Anne Ariail; d. 17 July 1872 at Saint-Denis-de-Kamouraska, Que

. 13 March 1810 at Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Raimond, a merchant, and Louise Cartier; d. there 3 July 1887

and Catherine Ferguson; d. 18 Dec. 1851 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. William Henry Scott came from a thoroughly Presbyterian family

, administrator, and politician; b. 29 Sept. 1881, probably in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., and baptized the same day in the parish of Sainte-Geneviève (Montreal), son of Amable Viau, a farmer, and

son of James William Domville and Frances Usher; m. 25 April 1867 Anne Isabella Scovil in Portland (Saint John), N.B., and they had three sons and five daughters; d. 30 July 1921 in

 Feb. 1806 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada, and baptized the same day at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, son of Abraham-François Marchessaut, a master blacksmith, and Émélie Cormier; d. 8 July

ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN, JEAN-VINCENT D’, Baron de SAINT-CASTIN, French officer and Abenaki chief; b. 1652 at Saint-Castin

, and inventor; b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada, son of Jean-Baptiste Jobin, a farmer, and Luce Dion; m. c. 1869 Marie-Flore Marticotte, and they adopted a

; d. 21 Feb. 1870 in the parish of Vieilles-Forges (Saint-Michel-des-Forges), near Trois-Rivières, Que. Because precise information is

Hugh*; m. secondly 1806 Margaret Thurburn of Banffshire, Scotland, and they had six children; d. 29 Nov. 1829 in Saint John, N.B

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada, son of Ambroise Pilote, a farmer, and Marguerite Coulombe; d. 5 April 1886 at Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Que

 March 1813, he became curate of Saint-Joachim at Châteauguay; that autumn he was appointed to a similar post at Saint-Laurent, on Montreal Island. Priests were then in such great demand that a curacy

. 1787 in Saint John, N.B., son of John Chubb and Mary ——; m. 14 July 1816 Jane Lugrin, sister of printer George Kilman Lugrin

), teacher, Roman Catholic priest, author, editor and owner of periodicals, school administrator, and office holder; b. 10 Aug. 1863 in Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac (Coteau-du-Lac), Lower Canada

and Catherine Amelia Clawson, née Valentine; m. 14 June 1881 Mabel Shaw (1860–1940) in Portland (Saint John), and they had three sons and one daughter; d. 15 Oct. 1931 in

FRANKLIN, businessman, social activist, politician, and author; b. 16 Sept. 1850 in Saint John, son of Thomas Gilbert Hatheway and Harriet E. Bates; m. first 28

LEBLOND DE LATOUR, JACQUES, painter and wood-carver who taught at the school of arts and crafts at Saint-Joachim, parish priest of

official, and Isabella Wheten; m. 17 May 1866 Anna Maria B. Armstrong in Saint John, N.B., and they had four sons and four daughters; d. 10 Feb. 1894 in Montreal

artisan; b. 16 April 1823 in Saint-Martin (Laval), Lower Canada, daughter of Joseph Pariseau and Françoise Rousseau; d. 19 Jan. 1902 in Vancouver, Wash., and was buried in Seattle

, local superior, and educator; b. 10 Nov. 1846 in L’Acadie, Lower Canada, daughter of François Ranger and Geneviève Bourassa; d. 30 March 1934 in Saint-Basile (Edmundston), N.B., and

noviciate of the Congregation of Notre Dame at Montreal in 1799 and took her vows two years later under the name of Sister de la Croix. In 1802 she began to teach at the Saint-Laurent mission on Montreal

England; d. 8 Jan. 1852 in Saint John, N.B. Born and raised in England, George Bond was brought to Saint John in 1819 as

CHALOUX, MARIE-ESTHER, named de Saint-Joseph, hospital nun of the Hôpital Général in Quebec and superior; b

1738 the latter withdrew from his contract with the churchwardens of the parish of Saint-François-d’Assise, Longue-Pointe, in favour of his son, who completed the decoration of the church retable around

Saint John, N.B. Mary Coy, except for the fact that she did not bear children, is representative of most women of her time and place. Her

Damours* de Freneuse in the same year. He and Marguerite had three children. On 7 October 1686, he obtained grants near forts Jemseg and Nashwaak (Naxouat) on the Saint John River, previously

Youngstown, N.Y.). The following year he was appointed commandant of Fort Saint-Joseph (probably Niles, Mich.), a post he held until 1743. According to his service record, compiled in 1766 at the request of

City, son of James (Jacobus) De Peyster and Sarah Reade; m. 1783 in New York City Catherine Livingston, and they had six children; d. 19 Feb. 1798 at Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint-Guillaume, Que., son of Charles Doyon, a farmer, and Odile Chaussé; d. 18 Oct. 1927 in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Que. After classical studies at

DUROCHER, FLAVIEN, Sulpician, Oblate of Mary Immaculate, missionary, parish priest; b. 7 Sept. 1800 at Saint-Antoine-sur

Saint John; following his admission to the bar on 17 Feb. 1825, he moved to Newcastle. End served as clerk of the peace for Gloucester County from 1827 to 1847, and as registrar from 1837 to

. 31 May 1789 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval), Que., son of Pierre Gamelin and Marianne Lemaître-Lamorille; d. 14 April 1856 in Iberville, Lower Canada