-Brunswick (Saint John and Halifax), 1 (1827–29)–3 (1833); new ser., 1 (1834)–3 (1836). N.B. Baptist Assoc., Minutes (Fredericton; Saint John; Fredericton), 1835–38, 1844. N.S. and N.B

of the Reverend Mather Byles and Anna Gale, née Noyes; d. 12 March 1814 in Saint John, N.B. Mather Byles came from

Luc Letellier* de Saint-Just, became lieutenant governor of Quebec. Horace’s father, a successful businessman engaged in the

the fur trade in the late 18th and early 19th century. He probably came, like most of them, from the mission village of Caughnawaga, sometimes called Sault-Saint-Louis. An entry in its parish registers

assistance, Campbell had time for other political ventures. In March 1851 he ran for the Montreal city council seat for Saint-Laurent. The main campaign

, probably in 1811; d. in 1872, probably at Saint-Hilaire, Que. Captain Thomas Edmund Campbell arrived in Canada in 1837 after 14 years of

 March 1687 near La Trinité, Abbé Cavelier and the remainder of the explorer’s companions reached Fort Saint-Louis-des-Illinois on 14 September. The Sulpician, concealing his brother’s death

to William Hoste Webb*. Thus removed from politics, he was appointed inspector of schools for the constituencies of Saint-Hyacinthe

Jeanne-Françoise Juchereau de Saint-Ignace reports that François Charon’s parents sent him to France to study, which would explain his fine handwriting. The son of a rich notable of Quebec, he

of land measuring six arpents by 21 on the seigneury of Maure. Since his marriage he had been living in Rue Saint-Louis, in a house belonging to his wife. The 1716 census indicates that

professed nun in the Quebec convent, taking the name of Mother Saint-Ignace. Upon her arrival at Quebec, 1 Aug. 1639, Mme de La Peltrie

CLAVERIE (Clavery), PIERRE, naval officer, merchant, storekeeper, seigneur; b. 1719 at Susmiou (Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France), son

COLLET, CHARLES-ANGE, Roman Catholic priest and canon; b. 1 Oct. 1721 at Fort Saint-Joseph (Niles, Mich.), son of Claude

. On 26 Jan. 1751 Corolère, who was living in the barracks of the Saint-Jean gate, went “to have a drink” in Laforme’s tavern. There he was insulted by some soldiers from his company, one of

serving in the Illinois territory he was married twice: first to Élisabeth Groston de Saint-Ange, of Illinois, and secondly to Marie-Madeleine Marin of Fort de Chartres (near Prairie du Rocher, Ill.). He

the early years. Eventually they settled in Gage Township. Like most New Englanders in the Saint John valley, the Coys were in sympathy with the American colonists at the time of the revolution, and

, as the whole town had become nothing more than a general hospital.” Father Crespieul had shown special devotion to Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin

the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Hyacinthe on 26 May 1859. She made her profession two years later under the name Sister Youville. Thus she became a Grey Nun, the name commonly given to members of

Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye. Between 1740 and 1742 he moved his wife and children from Montreal to Fort Saint-Joseph (probably Niles, Mich.) and there, with his partner Marin

.” Amantacha dit Louis de Sainte-Foi, was baptized at Rouen during the time that Father Daniel was a teacher at the college. Certain historians have asserted that Father Daniel had prepared

. in Quebec 22 Sept. 1873 and was buried three days later in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery, Sainte-Foy (Quebec City). Charles Drolet was

the parish of Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France, son of Jacques Dudevant, a merchant, and Jeanne Barbequière; d. c. 1798. Arnauld

. In 1751 Pierre Dugas and his family moved from Cobequid to Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island). Along with other Acadians there, Pierre, his wife, and six children were victims of the deportation

DUNN, TIMOTHY HIBBARD, businessman; b. 22 or 23 May 1816 in Maskinongé (Sainte-Ursule), Lower Canada, son of Charles Dunn

. Désilets returned to the practice of law, moving into an office previously occupied by lawyer Louis-Eusèbe Désilets on Rue Saint-Joseph. On 16 Aug. 1854 Désilets agreed to resume his post at L’Ère

Red River; b. 4 June 1793 at Elbow Fort (near present-day Swan River, Manitoba), in the Swan River Department of the North West Company; d. 26 Oct. 1876 at Saint-François-Xavier

would tutor privately. Fisher apparently prospered from his fees, since in 1783 he rented a house on Rue Saint-Paul for the high rate of £60 per annum. That year he shared in the salary of £100

1735 Jacques Foretier lived in Montreal, where he extended his activity to the operation of a small tannery in the faubourg Saint-Laurent. In 1743 he went into partnership with a merchant-tanner

Sainte-Geneviève (Pierrefonds), and in 1760 he received money for the retable and tabernacle of the Chapelle du Père Éternel in the Hôpital Général of Montreal. Two years earlier he had signed a contract

, he also signed Alex. and Romuald-Alexandre), civil engineer, civil servant, and professor; b. 8 May 1881 in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Que., son of Samuel Fraser, a

. 6 Nov. 1842 in the parish of Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville), Lower Canada, youngest of the nine children of Charles-Édouard Gagnon, a notary, and Julie-Jeanne Durand; m. 9

at the Petit Séminaire, and on 16 Feb. 1800 he was ordained priest. After appointing him assistant priest at Saint-Eustache, Bishop Pierre

order of the province of Saint-Denys in 1722 and was ordained a priest about 1725. In 1727 this worthy Recollet arrived in Quebec and lost no time in becoming involved in the political and social life of

Gaultier* de La Vérendrye, entered the Petit Séminaire of Quebec in September 1688, when he was about 11 years of age. He was brought there by Bishop Saint-Vallier

Geoffrion began his classical studies in 1855 at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. In 1866 he graduated in civil law from McGill College in Montreal, where he had been a brilliant student, especially under

 Sept. 1843 he patented a “New method of making springs for vehicles.” In 1839 Gingras became the owner of a three-storey stone house at 36 Rue Sainte-Ursule, in which he had already lived for nine years

. By 1840 Griffith had not only a factory in the suburbs, but also a large rented furniture warehouse on Rue Saint-Paul, then Montreal’s main shopping area. He launched into the wholesale as well as the

the fortifications and public buildings. Franquet, who valued him highly, recommended him twice for the cross of Saint-Louis. During February and

]. The latter reproached him for his lack of order but recognized his ability. In 1698 d’Orvilliers was appointed governor of Saint Christopher Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis

. Étienne Guyotte entered the order of Saint-Sulpice on 10 March 1674. He departed for New France the following year, and served as a missionary at both Lachine and nearby Fort de La Présentation

GÉLINAS, ÉVARISTE, journalist, federal civil servant; b. 1840 at Saint-Barnabé

, who came from wealthy families, owned properties in England as well as in Upper and Lower Canada. In July 1799 Hale bought several pieces of land and a house on Rue Saint-Louis at Quebec. He sold

Frederick was educated at the academy and at Acadia College, receiving his ba in 1860. In that year his father moved to Saint John, N.B., and established a young ladies’ high

Brunswick as an inspecting field officer of militia. He was stationed in the years 1825–30 at Saint John and St Andrews. In this period Mary Love

, two years later he signed an important contract with the parish priest of Saint-Charles, near Quebec – despite the fact that he was a Protestant – by which he undertook to do the gilding on

HÉBERT, LOUIS-PHILIPPE (he also signed Philippe), artist, sculptor, and teacher; b. 27 Jan. 1850 in Sainte

Françoise-Catherine Hertel de Saint-François; d. unmarried 6 April 1812 at Badajoz, Spain. Édouard-Alphonse d’Irumberry de Salaberry

town mentioned the presence in his house on Rue Saint-Jean of a woman named Henriette Jourdain, aged 28; presumably she was his niece, since no marriage contract involving Charles has been found

21 March, in the presence of Teuleron, a notary at La Rochelle, Noël Juchereau Des Chatelets purchased in his brother’s name the fief of Saint-Michel, owned by M. de

Dupré; m. there 3 Nov. 1808 Charlotte-Hermine-Louise-Catherine d’Irumberry de Salaberry, and they had six sons and five daughters; d. 17 Aug. 1838 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-Charles