had entered a partnership with Louis Lepage* de Sainte-Claire to supply shipyards in the colony with planking, and as

SIMONET (Simmonet) D’ABERGEMONT, JACQUES, forge master and partner in the Saint-Maurice ironworks; b. in Dompierre, in the diocese of

SOUSTE, ANDRÉ, stocking maker, merchant, and royal notary; baptized on 4 April 1692 in the parish of Saint

-keeper, and Philomene Scott, and they had one daughter and three sons; d. 26 Feb. 1914 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., and was buried the following day in Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont

 1800 and, although he normally lived in his seigneurial manor-house, for the period he served in the assembly he took up residence on Rue Sainte-Anne at Quebec. He was often absent from the house, and

visited the United Kingdom. In 1809, he acted as master of ceremonies at a ball and banquet celebrating a royal birth. Having lived on Rue Saint

TASCHEREAU, JOSEPH-ANDRÉ, lawyer, politician, and judge; b. 30 Nov. 1806 at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle

Marie du Sacré-Cœur in 1853. After the mother house transferred to Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Saint-Jacques) that year, she alternated between teaching in Vaudreuil and serving in various capacities at

 1789 in Saint John, New Brunswick. The Willard family of Worcester County, Massachusetts, combined land holding with a long record of provincial

 Jan. 1832 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, son of Gabriel Marchand* and Mary Macnider; m. 12 Sept. 1854

BORDUAS, PAUL-ÉMILE (baptized Paul-Émile-Charles), painter; b. 1 Nov. 1905 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint

and as a barrister on 9 February of the following year. He settled in Saint John and recognition as a successful young advocate followed quickly, largely because of his spectacular courtroom

France. Upon his return to Canada in 1848, Father Baveux was appointed founding director of the Saint-Pierre-Apôtre residence, in the faubourg Québec in the eastern part of Montreal and served

in 1847 and went to live first at Sainte-Élisabeth, then at Montmagny, on the invitation of his uncle, the parish priest Jean-Louis Beaubien. On 24 July 1849, at Cap-Saint-Ignace, he married

BEAUCHEMIN, CHARLES-ODILON, printer and bookseller; b. 29 March 1822 at Sainte-Monique, Lower Canada

. 1612 or 1616 at Saint-Laurent, diocese of Rouen; d. c. 1675–76. François Boivin came to Canada prior to 1639 with two of his brothers, Charles

a fief of 126 arpents in length by 42 in depth at Fort Saint-Louis-des-Illinois. This was on 26 April 1683, and was La Salle’s first grant of land in this region. In addition to the

BOURDON, JEAN (sometimes called M. de Saint-Jean or Sieur de Saint-François), seigneur

from Montreal to the pays d’en haut, including one to the Saint-Joseph post (probably at or near Niles, Mich.) in 1730 and, for Pierre

The record books of the township of Clare are in the possession of Mr Jean-A. Comeau, Little Brook, N.S. Centre acadien, Collège Sainte-Anne (Church Point, N.S.), paroisse de Sainte-Marie

censer to the parish of Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie, and the following year he signed a contract to teach the silversmith’s craft to Jean-Baptiste Serré. This contract was annulled after a few weeks, but in

. At the time of the 1837 insurrection Cushing had armed a group of volunteers, and with them went to the defence of the English flag. His intervention prevented the pillaging of Saint-Eustache and the

on the counterscarp of the Saint-Louis gate. In these years Guillaume lived in the Upper Town, on Rue Saint-Louis and then on Rue Saint-Jean in a small stone house acquired in 1749. Deguise’s only

periods he had to fight the abuses pointed out by Bishop Saint-Vallier [La Croix

DUBOIS DE COCREAUMONT ET DE SAINT-MAURICE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, esquire, artillery commander and staff officer in the Carignan-Salières

; baptized in October 1606 at Saint-Aubin de Tourouvre (Perche), son of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Madeleine-Renée Roger; d. 20 April 1690 and was buried two days later at Château-Richer

GOUPIL, RENÉ, surgeon, brother, Jesuit, missionary, and martyr; baptized 15 May 1608 at Saint-Martin-du-Bois, France, son of

the Saint-François-Xavier mission near Bécancour before leaving the St Lawrence valley for his first stay of five years in the western missions, particularly among the Ottawas. On 2 Feb. 1718

Parkman, served that year under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton* at Fort Beauséjour (near Sackville, N.B.). In 1756 he was at Lac Saint

at Montargis. Father Jamet, having gained valuable experience by exercising the highest functions of government in the religious province of Saint

KÉROUAC (Kirouac), LÉON, school-teacher; b. in 1805 at Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud (Montmagny

social reformer and philanthropist known for her associations with the patronesses of the Notre-Dame Hospital, the Montreal Local Council of Women, and the Fédération Nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The

of Allain Landry and Anastasie Dupuis (Dupuy), a descendant of Charles de Saint-Étienne* de La Tour; d. 12

. Although in the early 1750s Le Verrier was one of the senior captains in Louisiana, he followed Vaudreuil to France in 1753. On 1 Feb. 1754 he was created a knight of the order of Saint-Louis

LEGARDEUR DE SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES, officer in the colonial regular troops, explorer, interpreter; b. 24 Oct. 1701 at

. c. 1604 in Brittany, in the diocese of Saint-Brieuc; d. 1665 at Château-Richer. Letardif was at Quebec from at least 1621 on, since

MAILLET, MARIE, nun, Hospitaller of Saint-Joseph, first bursar of the Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal; b. 1610 at Saumur (Anjou), daughter

de La Vérendrye. His trade shifted in 1741 to the Saint-Joseph post (probably Niles, Mich.). Marriage on 30 Dec. 1737 to Marie

sent to the mission to the Ottawas, which was centred at Michilimackinac. He took charge of the Saint-Joseph mission (probably Niles, Mich.), where he made great efforts to reconcile the Foxes with the

NAU, LUC-FRANÇOIS, priest, Jesuit missionary, superior of the Sault-Saint-Louis

. Jean-Baptiste Neveu left his birthplace to settle in Montreal, where in January 1701 he appeared as a merchant. His business enterprise, located on Rue Saint-Paul, brought him large profits which

unseaworthy Sainte-Anne, and Outlaw navigated it to James Bay, whence he returned to England in the HBC ship, Diligence (Capt

in Rue Buade at Quebec, and bounded at the back “by the Place d’Armes of the Château Saint-Louis.” Louis Rouer* de Villeray acted in

Island). He served in Charles de Saint-Étienne* de La Tour’s company until the latter’s death in 1731 and for some

, the provincial of Paris, his appointment to the Cape Breton mission, together with Father André Richard. He left Dieppe on 20 March and made a successful crossing to Fort Sainte-Anne or Cibou (on

Perthuis and Anne Minet, of the parish of Saint-Saturnin in Tours; d. at Quebec in 1722. The exact date of Perthuis’s arrival in the colony is unknown. He

. Settling in what is now Saint John, the Peters family would remain influential for several generations. Despite warnings that a legal career would not pay the bills, he made a success of his private practice

Nicolas Juchereau de Saint-Denis and of Marie-Thérèse Giffard. On 18 Sept. 1670, by a contract drawn up before the notary Gilles

Petitcodiac, Saint John, and St Lawrence rivers. Along the way he was badly beaten at different camps by the Indians. At Aucpac (near Springhill, N.B.) on the Saint John River, some Malecites wanted to

episode is recalled in a painting dated 1706 which was given as an ex voto to the sanctuary of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré. When the Joybert