Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) rather than sign the oath and felt free “to dispose of their goods to the first that would pay for them, whether French or English

jurisdiction of the exiled bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Jean-François de La Marche. Because of a shortage of clergy in the diocese of Quebec the British government had agreed that a number of French refugee

; d. there 13 Feb. 1826 and was buried three days later at Sainte-Foy, Lower Canada. Joseph-Bernard Planté attended the Petit

, through Compton County, with Maine, and then continue to Saint John, N.B. The railway, of course, would serve his own constituency and his own lumber interests. The St Francis and Megantic

Latin or French on theology, philosophy, the sciences, the history of religion, and the church councils; devotional works, noviciate exercises, and a dictionary. The Jesuit archives in Saint-Jérôme holds

the Patriote rebellion in November 1837 at the battle of Saint-Denis. They had four daughters and four sons. On 20 Jan. 1862 their eldest daughter, Marie-Mathilde, married Désiré

, Mgr de Saint-Vallier et l’Hôpital Général. M. Trudel, L’Eglise canadienne, II. Albert David, “Les spiritains dans l’Amérique septentrionale au XVIIIe

was probably a copper mine in Inverness Township, near Saint-Ferdinand-d’Halifax. In January 1867, two months before the death of its founder

of production spaced out between Lac Saint-Jean and Sault-au-Cochon (today Forestville), on the north shore of the St Lawrence. He was a bachelor and his usual pied-à-terre was at Chicoutimi; from

the Compagnie de Filature Sainte-Anne. He advised these mills on the use of water and steam power and on the layout of their machinery. He was also an agent for Hercules turbines and had installed this

Rogers*]. Stationed at Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), he was immediately put into service as a secret agent. He successfully carried out many missions into Connecticut and Vermont and

markers at the most dangerous spots between Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies and Quebec. In supervising the work of the pilots, who were bound by numerous rules and a multitude of regulations, he had to see that

notary and clerk of the court of Montreal, and the second, Paul-François, was ennobled under the name of Raimbault de Saint-Blaint (or Simblin), which his descendants bore. By his second marriage, to

Le Cause, in the province of Saintonge. Five children were born of this marriage. Jean Rattier settled at Saint-François-du-Lac on 28 Jan

 works by Canadian artists, including 73 oils and water-colours by Frederick Arthur Verner. Other real estate investments included lots on Rue Sainte-Catherine, obtained in 1891 for

born in the Gaspé, moved to Montreal after their marriage. Maurice grew up in the Bordeaux district, near Ville Saint-Laurent (Montreal), and got his start in hockey there, first with his school team

Saint-Maurice River and Île d’Orléans in 1852. Richardson played a major role in the collection of mineral specimens from the Ottawa and Quebec, regions

Rochefort. Vaudreuil had been named a knight of the order of Saint-Louis on 23 Dec. 1721, and was promoted commander of the order on 1 July 1754

. Riverin was a dedicated and highly esteemed citizen as well as a prosperous merchant. In 1737 he is mentioned as a churchwarden of Notre-Dame de Québec. In 1746, at a meeting in the Château Saint-Louis to

of Quebec and was buried two days later in the chapel of the Séminaire de Québec. Antoine-Bernardin Robert studied first at the Collège Saint

 Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, a state of affairs caused by a shortage of regular troops to meet the threat of war then posed by the United States [see Sir George Cranfield

Ancestry.com, “1921 census of Canada”: www.ancestry.ca (consulted 24 April 2015). FD, Saint-Bernard (Neguac, N.-B.), 20 mars 1836

own people all helped to make his stay more agreeable. His status probably explains why his name does not appear on the lists of Acadians who applied to go to France, Canada, or Saint-Domingue

Robichaux*, a merchant, and Jeanne Bourgeois; d. 22 Nov. 1839 at Quebec and was buried three days later in Sainte-Anne’s chapel in the cathedral of Notre-Dame

-known and hospitable host to travellers in the Red River valley, as well as a familiar figure in the Red River Settlement where his children were educated. In 1845 he had married at Saint-Boniface

(Montauban), État civil, Saint-Jean-Villenouvelle, 31 oct. 1730. AJQ, Registre d’état civil, Notre-Dame de Québec, 8 avril 1755. AN, Col., C11A, 108, ff.1–90. ANQ, Greffe de R.-C

influential Despins brothers. Édouard-Hector Rouleau was a founding member and first president of the local Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste in 1888. His prominent position in the francophone community was enhanced

mourning his brothers Joseph-Marie and Charles and a sister, Louise-Olive de Saint-Paul, a member of the Ursulines of Quebec. Charles would become the publisher of the Canadien in 1806

Sainte-Famille, where Roy lived with their family until his death on 27 July 1905. He was buried two days later in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery. The first head of the city’s legal department was

. Joseph Royal was the son of poor, illiterate parents, who, nevertheless, managed to send him to the parish school. His cleverness attracted the attention of Venant Pilon, a canon at the cathedral of Saint

Yves Saint-Germain’s “The genesis of the French-language business press and journalists in Quebec, 1871–1914” (phd thesis, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, 1975), 114–15, 203–19

, 1807–1920. L’Évangéline (Moncton), 28 janv. 1914. W. F. Ganong, “History of Neguac and Burnt Church,” Acadiensis (Saint John), 8 (1908): 278.

SCALLON, ÉDOUARD, businessman; b. 1813 at Saint-David-d’Yamaska, Lower Canada, son

, Benjamin Gerrish. Schwartz also invested in real estate. By 1782 he had 4,000 acres on the Saint John River, 1,000 on the Windsor Road, a farm in Falmouth Township, and various lots and houses in Halifax and

experience of Scott’s life. A marriage in 1899, to Emma Lefebvre on 22 July, lasted about a year, though there was never an official divorce. Except for a brief return to the Saint John valley for an

Attorney General Alexander Gray, and in 1795 he was acquitted of a charge of libel. In 1797 he signed a four-year lease, at a rent of £15 per annum, for a farm in Sainte-Foy. He died on 21 March

warden at All Saints Anglican Church and belonged to the local masonic lodge, the Orange order (he dubbed himself a “black Orangeman”), and the Independent Order of Foresters. He and his wife (who

on the Saint John River. He may also have been named after his great-uncle Francis Peabody*, the founder of Chatham, N.B. His father was a

unsuitable, but Mountain’s need for priests prevailed. Short was dispatched with a stipend of £200 to Saint-Armand, a seigneury along the Rivière Richelieu

on the ice of the Saint John River for a distance of 90 miles as part of the triangulation for the survey of the river. He continually praised Shortland as an “intelligent” officer who “understands the

in 1915 an honorary canon of All Saints’ Cathedral, Halifax. Under his leadership St Peter’s Cathedral exercised a wide influence in an Anglo-Catholic direction throughout eastern Canada. He

outbreak of war with France in 1793, the departure of an expedition to occupy Saint-Pierre and Miquelon seriously depleted the garrison at St John’s [see James

leader named Meesinkeeshick, going by way of the Grass River. He observed that the French posts had been abandoned and that Fort Saint-Louis (near Fort à La Corne, Sask.) had been burned. In 1764 he

variously pronounced “Sill’inger” and “Saint Leg’er”; baptized 1 May 1733, probably in County Kildare (Republic of Ireland), son of Sir John St Leger and Lavina Pennefather; m. 7

. M. Burton, “The Beaubien or Cuillerier family of Detroit” (typescript, n.d.); John Porteous papers, Sterling to Porteous, 18 April 1781; Registres des baptêmes, manages et sépultures de Sainte

also active in municipal affairs. From 1841 to 1843 he served as a solicitor for the city of Quebec. He was elected councillor for Saint-Louis Ward in December 1843 and during the following year sat

disaster: comprising a full and authentic account of the great coal mining explosion at Springhill mines, Nova Scotia, February 21st, 1891 . . . (Saint

. 25 Oct. 1836 in Saint-Thomas parish (at Montmagny), Lower Canada, son of Étienne-Paschal Taché*, a future premier of the Province

credibility. Throughout his career, Taylor maintained a close relationship with the Maliseet of the Saint John River valley, such as Gabriel Acquin

upper St Lawrence. He fought at Fort Saint-Jean on 6 Sept. 1775 and was erroneously reported killed. He returned home later in the fall, boasting about his exploits and making threats. This