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TEOUATIRON (Tewathiron, Thewathiron), baptized Joseph, a native of the Huron village of Saint-Ignace (near
 
. They were invited by Champlain to come to Sault-Saint-Louis (Lachine rapids) to trade, where there were four ships loaded with merchandise. They were, in fact, urged to move their village to the rapids
 
of Saint-Pierre, diocese of Langres, France, to François Tisserant de Moncharvaux and Marie-Louise de Vienne; m. 3 June 1721 at Quebec to Marie-Thérèse L’Archevêque; m. again in 1737 to Marie
 
to Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) to deliver the terms for its evacuation, and the sloop Hinchingbroke was sent to cruise eastward along the coast of Cape Breton for early intelligence
 
valuable French prize off Saint-Malo. He then served in the Mediterranean squadron under Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and for his services was knighted in 1710
 
of the Department of Public Works, 1840–1960 ([Ottawa], 1979), 87, 93–94, 107, 119–20, 123, 129, 131–32, 134, 136, 140. Gérard Lebel, “Étienne Trudeau,” Nos ancêtres (Sainte-Anne
Valentine a way of producing the cheap yet accurate portraits his clients demanded and a source of supplementary income. His earliest advertisement for daguerreotyping appeared in the Saint John Morning
 
, L’Église du Canada jusqu’à la conquête, III. Mgr de Saint-Vallier et l’Hôpital Général, 710, 712. Henri Têtu, “Le chapitre de la cathédrale de Québec et ses délégués en France
 
a major role in the historic rally at Saint-Laurent on 15 May 1837. Although he exerted a major influence in his region, he does not seem to have entered into direct relationship with the
 
. When the New Jersey Volunteers were disbanded in the fall of 1783 at Parrtown (Saint John, N.B.), Van Buskirk went to the Shelburne region, where his father and other family members also settled. He
 
Latham at St John’s in 1707, he reached the port the following year. He had very little time to improve the defences before the French attack under Saint-Ovide de Brouillan
 
Vallières de Saint-Réal, among others. Jacques Voyer apparently had no children. In the handwritten will he made on 12 March 1823 he left
 
. Wabbicommicot reported to an English trader at Toronto in the winter of 1762–63 that Luc de La Corne*, known as La Corne Saint-Luc, had
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Geneal. Soc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), International geneal. index. General Register Office (London), Ripon, RBMB, 23 March 1848. Daily Colonist
de Saint-Aubin, and published as “Le Brandon de discorde, ou le massacre de Lachine,” in L’Opinion publique, 10 févr.–13 avril 1876. His last work was The
 
not well off. Wells began to teach in public schools in New Brunswick about 1851 or 1852, and after two years resigned to attend the Normal School in Saint John. In the fall of 1855 he enrolled at the
of the University of St. Michael’s College, 1852/1853–1984/1985, comp. R. J. Scollard (Toronto, 1985). Saint Joseph Lilies (Toronto), 27 (1938): 209–10. L. K
celebrated except when the Micmac came together on the feast day of their patron saint. Wilmot loved the forest life. When he was 14 he killed his first
 
Church of Saint Paul in Halifax, Nova Scotia: 1749–1949 (Toronto, 1949).
Ritsafn [Collection of works], ed. V. P. Gíslason (3v., Akureyri, Iceland, 1949–50). Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
livres 70 acres on Coteau Sainte-Geneviève, one of the colony’s most favoured sites for agriculture by virtue of its proximity to Quebec, and a lot on Rue du Sault-au-Matelot in Lower Town where he
himself “Sieur de Missègle” and with Louis Legardeur* de Repentigny had acquired the seigneury of Sault-Sainte-Marie in 1750. In
of Thwaite All Saints, England, second son of Jacob Mountain and Ann Postle; d. 16 June 1825 at Quebec. Tradition has it that Jacob
travelling back to Canada with Bishop Saint-Vallier [La Croix
 
Lester led the merchants’ public opposition to a bill introduced by Paul-Roch Saint-Ours to strengthen the position of French civil law. Young’s ascendancy was also evident from his presence on
. François-Xavier Garneau’s ancestor, Louis Garnault, came originally from Poitou, landed at Quebec around 1659, and settled at L’Ange-Gardien, on the Beaupré shore. His descendants made their home at Saint
set out.” In September 1833 Taché entered the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, where he was taught by Joseph-Sabin
Mascle de Saint-Julhien, abandoned their position, and Lawrence’s and Whitmore’s brigades, moving in behind Wolfe’s, landed in their turn. The British force thus got ashore with relatively
1666 and 1669 after a major expedition against the Iroquois. On 26 Nov. 1668 at Quebec, Jean Bergevin, dit Langevin, married Marie Piton, a native of the parish of Saint-Paul in the diocese
-lieutenant in the navy, commandant of Michilimackinac, founder of Detroit, governor of Louisiana, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, governor of Castelsarrasin in France; a turbulent figure in the history of
, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Linnaeus, Condillac, Adam Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Blackstone, Burke, Bentham, Dodsley, among others, not to mention the classical authors such as those of the 17th century. There
 
parish of Saint-André, Bordeaux, France, son of Louis-Amable Bigot and Marguerite Lombard; d. 12 Jan. 1778 at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The
Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada, son of Pierre Chapleau and Zoé Sigouin; m. 25 Nov. 1874 Marie-Louise King in Sherbrooke; they had no children; d. 13 June 1898 in Montreal, and was buried
.” LESAGE, JEAN (baptized Joseph-Hertel-Jean), lawyer, politician, and businessman; b. 10 June 1912 in the parish of Saint-Enfant-Jésus, Montreal, eldest son of Xavéri
professed a very moderate liberalism. Once his primary education was completed, Louis-Joseph Papineau entered the college of Saint-Raphaël in Montreal
colours. Drucour agreed that the French forces in Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) should be included in the capitulation. Amherst’s conduct of the
, professor, cardiologist, author, and editor; b. 18 March 1868 in St Andrews (Saint-André-d’Argenteuil), Que., younger daughter of the Reverend Jeremie Babin and Elizabeth Bayley Abbott; cousin
some of his Massachusetts recruits raided Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.). On his way back to Ticonderoga Arnold met Allen, who was going to the fort to conduct a raid of his own
 
Cunard of the Miramichi, rather than with the large number of small contractors who sold their produce in Saint John, Chatham, or Bathurst for shipment overseas
was to become Barthe’s wife. On 26 July 1837 Barthe was one of the speakers at a protest meeting for Saint-Maurice County held in Yamachiche. By then he was beginning to make a name for himself
business that had lured Begg west. After receiving his education in Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, and Aberdeen, Scotland, Begg joined Law, Young and Company [see John
circles, and he himself became something of a saintly hero for several generations in both England and Canada. Dedicated to his work almost to the point of obsession, he reported his recreations to the 1903
 
neighbouring seigneuries of Saint-Gilles and Sainte-Croix. The official census taken in the spring of 1831 indicates that the settlers were making good progress, with an average of 4.5 hectares cleared per
the Bleu stronghold of Trois-Rivières and Saint-Maurice. A clever strategist, the new mp worked in the following years to establish his authority over the city and to help
pastoral charge: in 1791 he was appointed to the parishes of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Laurent on the Île d’Orléans, and he remained there until 1794. In that year Lieutenant Governor
company operating in Labrador and the lower St Lawrence region. To develop the Îles de Mingan and the seigneury of Saint-Paul he went into partnership with influential businessmen John
Navigation Company in 1890 proved even more advantageous. In 1891 Carbray, Routh and Company won the supply contract for this shipping company, as well as for the CPR and the Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway
 
the title of Seigneur de La Motte; in 1640 he added to his name the title of Baron of the Bahamas; in 1642 he was Seigneur de La Motte Saint-Lys, and he was styled “major-general and battle
 
still-born child at Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville.) Wearied by this toil, conscious perhaps that even beyond the ocean he could not compete with Louis Veuillot, he took advantage of the amnesty granted to
him well in his lifelong interest in poetry, fiction, and biography. He was a contributor to Stewart’s Quarterly (Saint John), the Maritime Monthly (Saint John), and Rose-Belford’s
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