to 1726, two boys and two girls were born in close succession; all died in infancy except François, who would later be parish priest of Saint-Ours. These early years were marked by repeated complaints

Captain Pierre de Saint-Ours in 1695. The following year he served with

(Ottawa), XIII (1935–36), 433–55. Saint John Globe (Saint John, N.B.), 17 Nov. 1923. E. M. Saunders, “The life and times of the Rev. John Wiswall, M.A., a loyalist

sent with a detachment to dislodge the French from a strong entrenchment north of the Saint-Charles River and to disarm the inhabitants of Beauport – two operations he performed with few losses. The

. From 1778 to 1783 he was a lieutenant in the 60th Foot. While posted at Yamaska and Saint-François-du-Lac he learned the language of the Abenakis, and with their backing he obtained from Governor Lord

. Fatherless from the age of seven, Joséphine-Éléonore d’Estimauville grew up in Quebec, on Rue Saint-Jean, in the home of her maternal aunts and her grandmother, Marie-Geneviève

against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.). That same year Eyre acted as engineer and quartermaster in William Johnson*’s march against Fort Saint

by Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Mme de Sévigné, and Hugues-Félicité-Robert de La Mennais. Seriously ill at the start of the school year 1858

young family left New York in September 1783 on the Esther and sailed northward to begin a new life of exile in the Saint John River valley

. The Flemish Bastard was reported at Pointe Sainte-Croix (now Point Platon, N.Y.), with a party of 40 Mohawks, intent upon war. Perrot claims that he was at Corlaer (now Schenectady, N.Y.), when

travelling salesman for a Saint John wholesaling firm, work that made him widely known throughout New Brunswick. He later opened a grocery and farm produce business in Woodstock in partnership with his brother

incorporate the orphanage. In addition, from the beginnings of the Association des Dames Bienveillantes de Saint-Jacques in July 1828, Mme Viger had served on the executive committee overseeing the

lawyer Andrew Stuart* in 1811, and then to merchant James Tod in 1813. He also rented a property, with houses and outbuildings, on Rue Saint

at Condé in 1738. Three years later he was awarded the cross of Saint-Louis, and from 1742 to 1748 he took part in campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession in Germany and the Netherlands

Michaud* and Bishop John Sweeney* of Saint John used every legal and political means available to prevent implementation of the new law and

. Immediately after his resignation Plainval left Manitoba in mysterious haste. He hired two horses and a cutter to travel to Pointe-de-Chêne (Sainte-Anne-des-Chênes, Man.), but drove instead directly to the

Besnard; m. on 21 Sept. 1714 in Montreal Marie-Madeleine Chorel de Saint-Romain, dit d’Orvilliers; buried 24 Nov. 1750 in his birthplace

were settlers from Nova Scotia (Micmac, Acadian, Scots, and Irish), Quebec (French- and English-speaking), continental France, and Saint-Pierre, not to mention those of Basque, Irish, and Newfoundland

-trader, military officer; b. 9 Nov. 1717 at Île aux Vaches on Lac Saint-Pierre (Que.), fourth son of Pierre

Wholesale Grocers’ Guild. He was also a member of the Montreal Harbour Commission in the early 1900s, and belonged to other organizations such as the Association Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal and the Ligue

 April 1737 in Montreal (Que.), eldest child of Pierre Gibault and Marie-Joseph Saint-Jean; d. 16 Aug. 1802 in New Madrid (Mo

North America and established the family business in New Brunswick, first on the Miramichi and then at Saint John. Allan Jr, the older brother of John and David, came to Lower Canada in 1828 to tap the

adverse criticism squelched his creativity, and that he “abandoned the Muses”; but a reworked text of his poem together with a number of shorter poems published in Saint John, N.B., in 1834 is evidence to

settlement and burned it. After the attack, 30 Oneida surrendered to the French and were taken back to Canada. These must have included Gouentagrandi, who from this time appears to have lived at Sault-Saint

 Nov. 1698. The funeral took place on 1 December, but the official service, presided over by Bishop Saint-Vallier

along the eastern seaboard of the United States, visiting New York, Boston, Atlantic City, N.J., and the neighbouring towns. Their tours soon extended to Bermuda and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

and Visitor (Saint John, N.B.), 31 July 1901. The Acadia record, 1838–1953, comp. Watson Kirkconnell (4th ed., Wolfville, 1953). Acadia Seminary, Calendar

expedition against Fort Saint-Frédéric (near Crown Point, N.Y.). Gridley commanded the garrison at Fort Edward and built fortifications at various points around Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement), earning

Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde at Marseilles (1851–52) before embarking for America in the spring of 1852. Bound for the missions of the northwest, he reached Saint-Boniface on 27 June. He left there on 8

ANQ-Q, CE1-1, 28 juill. 1775. AP, Saint-Joseph (Carleton), Reg. des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures, 29 nov. 1802. BL, Add. mss 21862, 7, 9 août 1784

system. Like the majority of the province’s inhabitants, he discountenanced illegal opposition. Yet when fighting broke out between insurgents and government forces at Saint-Denis and Saint-Charles-sur

Augé*, a family friend. This property, located in the faubourg Saint-Antoine, formed part of the lands farmed by his father, at least until 1799, first because Etienne was very young when he

child, a son, Haliburton, was born in 1849. The family lived in Richibucto and Saint John before moving to Fredericton in 1865, when John Weldon was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick

a missionary preacher, and in the summer of 1796 he visited the seigneury of Saint-Armand in Lower Canada. He decided to settle there, probably with the intention of extending the Baptist religion in

Hodder; d. 20 Dec. 1878, at Toronto, Ont. Edward Mulberry Hodder was educated on the island of Guernsey and at Saint-Servan, France. At

.” The Halifax establishment did not appreciate Mrs Cottnam’s importance to their community until the loyalist families of Saint John, N.B., persuaded her to open a school there in 1786. Having found

Vallières de Saint-Réal and Charles Panet and was called to the bar on 11 June 1833. On 4 June 1837 he went to a meeting held in the Marché Saint-Paul at Quebec to protest Lord

HÉBERT, CHARLES-POLYCARPE, grocer and wholesaler; b. 20 April 1834 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada, son of

fishery on the island of Saint-Pierre in 1764. Between 1763 and 1766 they sent supplies to the fishery but by 1766 poor catches and the loss of the Saint-Michel, wrecked in 1764, had left their

Brébeuf, he could not remain unmoved. Still, his letters do not contain any evidence of fright; they exude only zeal and strength of character. He landed at Ihonatiria (Saint-Joseph I) on 11

. In June 1758, when Louisbourg was attacked by Jeffery Amherst, Johnstone was stationed on Île Saint-Jean

La Corne and Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre. Karaghtadie and some 14

in Saint-Jacques street next to his dwelling. He enlarged his house in 1691 in order to rent part of it to Alphonse Tonty*, and later to Mme

Montreal on 14 Nov. 1919. The program included works by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Grétry, and Debussy, as well as the famous love-duet “Duo de la rencontre” from Massenet’s Manon

François-Antoine Larocque, first representative for the county of Leinster (L’Assomption), and Angélique Leroux, daughter of Germain Leroux, merchant of L’Assomption; d. 1 May 1869 at Saint

, Bonaventure (New Carlisle, Qué.), Registre d’état civil, paroisse Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton, 18 sept. 1868. N.B., House of Assembly, Journals, 1850–53. Les Couriers des Provinces maritimes

, and on 23 Oct. 1837 took part in the assembly of the six counties held at Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu. He delivered a violent speech there, and even proposed a resolution in which was stressed

Vallières* de Saint-Réal and was authorized to practise as a lawyer on 15 Dec. 1817. That year he went into business with William Grant, a shipwright; intending to trade with the British

, comp. Watson Kirkconnell (4th ed., Wolfville, 1953). Baptist year book of the Maritime provinces of Canada . . . (Halifax; Saint John, N.B.), 1873–1903. Mrs George Churchill [M

1783, while his father was based at Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Robert and the others embarked with the first fleet of loyalists for the Saint John River (New Brunswick) where his mother was granted