Daumont* de Saint-Lusson, a commissary assigned “to the country of the Ottawas, Amikwas, Illinois, and other Indian natives discovered and to be discovered in North America in the direction of Lake

Walsh*, continued his studies at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Montreal, where he resolved to acquire a fluency in French. On 2 July 1851 he was ordained at St Mary’s Cathedral in

CHIPMAN, WARD, lawyer, office holder, judge, and politician; b. 10 July 1787 in Saint John, N.B., only

Papineau*. Indeed Charles-Ovide Perrault and Édouard-Raymond Fabre fought at the battle of Saint-Denis, on the Richelieu, in 1837; the former was killed there and the latter was imprisoned in 1838. While

parish of Saint-Matthieu in Morlaix, France, son of Jean-Maurice Le Loutre Després, a paper maker and member of the provincial bourgeoisie, and Catherine Huet, daughter of a paper maker; d. 30

along the Saint John, Tobique, and Nepisiguit rivers in order to examine metalliferous rocks of the Cambrian series (which then included a portion of the Ordivician); en route he visited the mines in

received his graduation diploma from the Collège Sainte-Marie. Subsequently, probably in 1874, he began studying law at McGill College. Having obtained his degree in 1878, he was called to the bar of the

churches in the vicinity of Quebec City and in the lower St Lawrence region, including those at Cacouna (1852–53), Beauport (1857, or perhaps 1856), Saint-Pascal (1857), Château-Richer (1864), and Saint

sawmill, and he was involved in the production and sale of wood for spindles at Saint-Simon and at Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. He was a director of the Témiscouata Railway shortly before it was opened in

of Clare, N.S. His reputation as a musician had preceded him, with the result that he was also offered the position of organist and choir master at Sainte-Marie church in Church Point. Bourque’s

Grosse Île, he was a curate from 1848 to 1851 and again in 1853 and 1854, and was parish priest of Saint-Lambert-de-Lévis from 1854 to 1858. When

at Rochefort, France, son of Jacques Bréard, a notary and cashier in the Marine, and Marie-Anne Marcellin; d. 22 March 1775 and buried in the parish church of Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire (dept

in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada, son of Prisque Catellier, a blacksmith, and Marguerite Marceau; m. first 5 Jan. 1868 Alice Taylor in St Patrick’s Church at Quebec; m. secondly 21

CODERRE, LOUIS (baptized François-Louis-Alfred), lawyer, politician, and judge; b. 31 Oct. 1865 in Saint

 1792 he had been elected to the House of Assembly for Saint-Maurice, which he represented until June 1804. He sided for the most part with the English party. In 1793 he voted against the choice of

CONNOLLY, THOMAS LOUIS, priest, Capuchin, vicar general of the diocese of Halifax, bishop of Saint John, archbishop

home and stowed on a ship bound for Canada. The captain soon discovered him, and on reaching Montreal placed him under the care of the commandant of Île Sainte-Hélène, through whose initiative he was

intendant, controller of the Compagnie des Indes in New France, director of the Domaine du Roi; baptized 10 June 1695 in the parish of Saint-Rémi de Charlesville (Charleville-Mézières), France, son

. Charles-Simon Delorme studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël in Montreal from 1783 to 1784. Then he probably apprenticed with a master craftsman, as was the practice at the time, particularly in the building

. 1905. Louis-Joseph Demers was the son of a Quebec innkeeper and shopkeeper who came from Saint-Nicolas, the home of the Demers family since the

signed G.‑Wilfrid Derome), forensic pathologist, professor, public servant, and author; b. 19 April 1877 in Saint-Cyprien (Napierville), Que., son of Médard Derome, a farmer, and

. Dumont also went into business. In 1887 he and his brother Wilfrid opened a stationery store at 1826 Rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal. As was often the case at the time, the enterprise G.‑A. et W

1859 at Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Saint-Jacques), Lower Canada, son of Joseph Dupuis and Euphrasie Richard; m. first 26 Sept. 1882 Albertine Francœur (d. 30 May 1915) in the Montreal

), 122–33. Churchill is also the author of Reminiscences of Willie Chandler Churchill by his mother (Saint John, 1882). AO, RG 80-8

advised to leave by John Sweeny*, the bishop of Saint John, because of ill health. By late November 1874 he had returned to New Brunswick

in unknown circumstances. Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves joined the Society of Saint-Sulpice some months after his ordination on 15 June

 Dec. 1843 in Saint-Charles, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Gosselin, a farmer, and Angèle Labrie; d. there 14 Aug. 1918. Auguste-Honoré

 Albert were protected when Faraud relinquished control. In 1897 he was named superior of the Saddle Lake district, and he later became temporary curate of Saint-Paul-des-Métis (St

F. et J. Leclaire, dry-goods merchants on Rue Saint-Paul. A few years later he opened his own business, specializing in wholesale dry goods. On 9 April 1858 he formed a partnership

Sainte-Vierge. Despite his musical bent, Labelle chose a career in law. After articling in the office of Sir George-Étienne Cartier

associated with the central residence of the missionaries in the field: Sainte-Marie-des-Hurons. Begun in 1639, this first important establishment west of Quebec developed at the same pace as the mission. It

went by Paul, grew up in Montreal. His family lived at 278 Avenue du Parc-La Fontaine during his youth. Paul was educated at the École Saint-Joseph until 1927 and then spent two years at the École

 February in Mount Hermon Protestant Cemetery following a funeral service in the Roman Catholic church of Saint-Michel. James MacPherson Le Moine’s

century. When François-Noël took over the workshop on Rue Saint-Louis he faced strong competition. His uncle, Pierre-Noël Levasseur*, then

., extension of the Erie Canal; he also worked on the Brooklyn Dry Dock and the New York Central Railroad. Light was engaged as assistant engineer on the Saint

, fourth son of William Lochhead, a farmer, and Helen Campbell; m. 14 Aug. 1889 Lillias Grant in Windsor, Ont., and they had one son; d. 26 March 1927 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que

. 11 March 1884 in Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon (Sainte-Julienne), Que., son of Félix Mailhotte (Mailhiotte), a farmer, and Carmela (Marie) Éthier; m. 14 Oct. 1914 Virginie Carey in Lacorne

MASSICOTTE, EDMOND-JOSEPH (baptized Joseph-Edmond), artist and illustrator; b. 1 Dec. 1875 in Sainte

 Dec. 1717 and obtained a licence in utroque jure (civil and canon law). He arrived in Canada on 5 July 1722 and was put in charge of the parish of Saint-Laurent on Montreal Island, which

. Following the premature death of both his parents, Pierre Morpain went to sea in 1703. In Saint-Domingue (Hispaniola) in 1706 he obtained his first command, the Intrépide, and a commission to cruise

, in the days of the fiery Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel, who ordained him to the priesthood on 22 Dec. 1877. Appointed prefect of discipline and professor of science at the Collège Saint-Louis in

rebuild immediately, but to acquire the Red Ball Brewery in Saint John, owned by Simeon Jones Limited and at that time in receivership. A born entrepreneur, he was a strong believer in strategic investment

; b. 21 May 1847 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada, son of Michel Ouimet and Elisabeth Filiatrault, dit Saint-Louis; m. 30 July 1874 Thérèse La Rocque (d. 1897

. Young Richard was educated at two bilingual Roman Catholic institutions: in French at the Collège Saint-Louis in Saint-Louis de Kent, N.B., and in English at the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal. (He

by Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam and his friends. He had participated in the meetings and activities of the Saint-Séverin conference. Tradition has it that when he returned to his native city in 1846 he

Dunn* on his seigneury of Saint-Armand, near Missisquoi Bay, and then was sent by the deputy surveyor general to what would become Upper Canada. He was to survey the district set aside for the

men to explore for suitable land in the Saint John River valley (N.B.). They travelled overland from Machias (Maine) to the mouth of the Oromocto River before returning to Massachusetts. The following

Émilie Chalifou; m. 25 May 1891 Marie-Isabelle Simard in Charlesbourg, Que., and they had eight children; d. 13 Oct. 1928 at Quebec and was buried 16 October in the Saint-Charles

were condemned at a public meeting at Saint-Athanase-d’Iberville (Iberville, Que.). In the ensuing elections Louis Lacoste*, with Papineau’s

entered the Pensionnat Mont-Sainte-Marie as a boarder in 1863, but transferred three years later to the Pensionnat de Longue-Pointe, run by the Sisters of Charity of Providence, where she stayed for only a