both the English government and the superior general of Saint-Sulpice to take him to Canada with three other French Sulpicians. A recruiting of this importance had not been seen for more than 30 years

was signed on for seven years as a teacher. He was given the pay and rank of sergeant and was promised 200 acres of crown land, probably along the upper Saint John River valley, when his term

six children; d. there 23 Feb. 1897. William Teel Baird spent part of his early life on the upper Saint John River, where his

, I, 310. Jouve, Les Franciscains et le Canada: aux Trois-Rivières, 95–96, 146. Télesphore Saint-Pierre, Histoire des Canadiens du Michigan et du comté d’Essex, Ontario (Montréal, 1895

distribute wheat to all those in need on the seigneury of Châteauguay, which belonged to the Hôpital Général, and to have the oaks on Île Saint-Bernard cut down to be sold for the poor. The seigneurial manor

Supérieur of Quebec, and Françoise Barolet; m. first Marie-Jeanne Daigre, probably in Saint-Domingue (Haiti); m. secondly 31 May 1804 Jeanne Pécholier, née Lafont, in Bordeaux, France

language or religion stand in the way but mastered French and occasionally allowed people to call him Jacques; he even had a son and a daughter baptized in the Roman Catholic church of the parish of Saint

Meulles. This new mission, which was named Saint-François de Sales, became, according to some, the most zealous in North America. In his 1684

appointed intelligence agent to the commandant of the garrison at Sault-Saint-Louis (Caughnawaga, Que.). Later he carried out several different missions, some of which were normally reserved for officers

. 1762 Pierre Pellerin in Sainte-Croix (Que.); d. 13 Jan. 1811 in Nicolet. Having escaped the cruel, sweeping Acadian deportation of 1755

BOUILLET DE LA CHASSAIGNE (Chassagne), JEAN, esquire, career soldier, knight of the order of Saint-Louis; b. June 1654 at Paray

BOULANGER, CLÉMENT (baptized Clément-Quentin), Jesuit priest; b. 30 Oct. 1790 at Saint-Clément (Meurthe-et

BRANDEAU, ESTHER, young Jewish immigrant to New France, b. c. 1718, probably at Saint-Esprit near Bayonne, France; lived at

BUISSON DE SAINT-COSME, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, priest, canon, bursar of the seminary of Quebec; b. 24 Nov. 1660 at Quebec; d

of Quebec because of an eye complaint which did not however prevent him from carrying on his ministry at the Côte de Beaupré and at Cap-Saint-Ignace. In 1684, upon the foundation of the chapter, he

Limoges (France); d. 1711 at Montreal. He entered the Society of Saint-Sulpice in 1687 and arrived in Canada on 15 August of the following year

Rousseau de Souvigny and Jeanne de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, by whom he had six children; d. 20 Oct. 1755 at Louisbourg. François

Battalion, which he joined officially on 6 November in Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), with the rank of lieutenant. This battalion would be the only French Canadian infantry unit to see action

young; d. 17 Feb. 1842 at Quebec and was buried on 24 February at Saint-François (Beauceville), Lower Canada. Charles-Étienne

a good deal, practising his craft for short periods in Halifax, Saint John, Fredericton, Lunenburg, and Yarmouth. Around 1821 he went to Nassau in the Bahamas, where soon after his arrival he died at

night before toward Quebec, Pierrot immediately left in search of them. The Cormiers were reunited at Sainte-Anne (near Fredericton, N.B.), where they remained until Robert

, politician, and office holder; b. 16 Feb. 1789 in Saint-Thomas-de-la Pointe-à-la-Caille (Montmagny), Que., son of Jean-Baptiste Couillard and Marie-Angélique Chaussegros de Léry; m. 6 Feb

Pointe-Saint-Charles (Montreal). Providing for the needs of the poor, who were now scattered, and watching over the rebuilding of the house proved a challenge that she met to everyone’s satisfaction. On 9

COUTURE, GEORGE, merchant and politician; b. 4 June 1824 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (now in Lauzon

Cuillerier met two fellow-sufferers: Michel Messier, dit Saint-Michel, and Urbain Tessier, dit

at Fort Sainte-Anne (Albany), Hudson Bay. Antoine Dalmas entered the Society of Jesus in Paris on 8 Oct. 1652, and studied at La Flèche

The Recollet Constantin Delhalle (d. 1706) founded Michigan’s first church, Saint-Anne du Détroit. He arrived in Canada in 1696

 Nov. 1678 in the parish of Saint-Barthélemy in La Rochelle, France. Simon Denys came from a family of some distinction, with a record of service

married in 1655 he settled at Trois-Rivières and was associated with his father-in-law’s shipping company. In 1657 he bought a farm at côte Sainte-Geneviève near Quebec and leased it. He moved from

he participated in several actions during the Seven Years’ War. He was at Lac Saint-Sacrement (Lake George) in 1755, at the capture of Oswego (Chouaguen) in 1756, and at Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga, N.Y

Chateauguay, and finally, in 1819, parish priest of the Iroquois mission at Saint-Régis, on Lac Saint-François. In 1824 Nicolas Dufresne received permission

from an old noble family which had an estate at Saint-Jacut-du-Mené (dept. of Côtes-du-Nord), France. He entered the Jesuit noviciate in Paris on 28 Sept. 1695; previously he had done three

Saint-Sulpice in Clermont-Ferrand on 31 Oct. 1718 and arrived in Montreal on 19 Oct. 1722, two years after his ordination. He was first a curate in the parish of Notre-Dame de Montréal

. According to the testimony of his son early in the 17th century, Matias was in Newfoundland when he was 15 years old, serving as carpenter on a French ship from Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The date given in the

new recruit was assigned to the Ottawa (Odawa) mission with his headquarters at Saint-Ignace. Enjalran is said to have become an expert in the Ottawa language, thereby gaining great influence over the

Saint-Étienne* de La Tour, the governor of Acadia, was granted the barony of Pobomcoup; near Cape Sable, by the latter in 1651 or 1653. During the expulsion of the Acadians by Governor Charles

again on 19 Nov. 1772. On 7 Nov. 1774 Ermatinger purchased a house on Rue Saint-Paul, which he insured for £400 in London and intended to make fireproof with iron plates imported from

for the missions in the Canadian northwest. He arrived at Saint-Boniface (Manitoba) in 1857, and during the winter of 1857–58 was curate of Saint

being taken back across the Atlantic. Daniel’s men with the help of 20 of the captives built Fort Sainte-Anne at Cibou. Some of the prisoners, including Ferrar, were

appointed judge of the Provincial Court for the new district of Saint-François, with residence at Sherbrooke. An eccentric man, he rightly or wrongly became known as a judge who was often biased, high-handed

to grant “a six-month bursary” to a candidate who would go to train, according to the methods advocated by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, at the seminary for schoolmasters in the parish of Saint

GADOIS, PIERRE, Montreal Island farmer, armourer, gunsmith, witchcraft victim; b. 1632 in Saint-Germain-des-Prés

. 1669 at Villeneuve-la-Comtesse, bishopric of Saintes, son of Hilaire Gaillard and Catherine Leduc; d. 1729. At the age of 16, Gaillard had

GAUDÉ (Godé, Gaudet), FRANÇOISE, nun, Religious Hospitaller of Saint-Joseph

East, son of Nicolas Gervais, a farmer, and Catherine Tellier; d. 12 April 1888 at Montreal, Que., and was buried two days later in the cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier parish in

). Called westward to the Ottawa (Odawa) mission, he went to Saint-Ignace and there wrote out, in his own serious, space-sparing hand, the solemn profession of four vows on 2 Feb. 1687. For the remaining

Thompson not to venture on the king’s road, which was swarming with scouts, and suggested going through the woods of Sainte-Marguerite and the region of the Saint-Maurice ironworks. But at the same time he

. On Saint Patrick’s Day, 1818, the 21-year-old Andrew Henderson, son of an itinerant Methodist preacher, sailed from Ireland for Saint John, N.B., with his 19-year-old wife and their two children

given the important task of supervising the construction of Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point, N.Y.) on Lake Champlain. Zacharie-François inherited one

HOUDE, FRÉDÉRIC, journalist and politician; b. 23 Sept. 1847 at Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup